Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Page 1050 , November 2009

Extension of an excellent pilot study to a quantitative analysis of the pathophysiology of de Quervain disease associated with colonoscopy

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PII: S0016-5107(09)00433-7

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.005

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 5 , Page 1050 , November 2009

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