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Mucosal tears on endoscopic insufflation
  1. K Hata1,
  2. T Watanabe1,
  3. T Kanazawa1,
  4. S Kazama1,
  5. D Shida1,
  6. H Nagawa1
  1. 1Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113- 8655, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
    K Hata;
    HATAK-SUR{at}h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.52.4.613

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