Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 272-274 , February 2010

Needle-knife sphincterotomy and post-ERCP pancreatitis: time to lower the threshold for the needle?

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.060

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 2 , Pages 272-274 , February 2010

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