Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 73-77 , November 1975

Complications of flexible fiberoptic colonoscopy and polypectomy

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doi: 10.1016/S0016-5107(75)73705-7

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 73-77 , November 1975