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Successful Endoscopic Repair of an Iatrogenic Colonic Perforation During Diagnostic Colonoscopy

Seung Hwa Lee and Yoo Seock Cheong
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2012, 25 (3) 383-389; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110070

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