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Balloon gastrostomy migration leading to acute pancreatitis
  1. J Periselneris1,
  2. R England2,
  3. M Hull3
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
  2. 2Department of Radiology, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
  3. 3Department of Gastroenterology, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor M Hull
    Section of Molecular Gastroenterology, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK; M.A.Hull{at}leeds.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2006.105601

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    • Conflict of interest: None declared.