Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 285-286 , April 2010

A new way for improving the quality of colonoscopy?

  • Giorgio Minoli

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: G Minoli Via Molino 20 22030 Montorfano (Co), Italy. Tel.: +39 031200474; fax: +39 031200474.
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  • Franco Radaelli

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.01.017

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 285-286 , April 2010

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