Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 213-215 , July 2010

EUS-guided therapeutic interventions for uncommon benign pancreaticobiliary disorders by using a newly developed forward-viewing echoendoscope (with videos)

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 DISCLOSURE: G. Costamagna has received research support from Cook Endoscopy, Boston Scientific, and Olympus Corporation. The other authors have no disclosures relevant to this publication.

PII: S0016-5107(09)02717-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.11.003

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 213-215 , July 2010

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