Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 875-876 , April 2009

Video capsule endoscopy or double-balloon enteroscopy: are they equivalent?

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.051

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 4 , Pages 875-876 , April 2009

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