Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 295-297 , February 2010

Balloon by balloon, inch by inch

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.028

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 295-297 , February 2010

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