Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1845-1847 , December 2008

In Search of Quality Colonoscopy

  • John M. Inadomi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: John M. Inadomi, MD, AGAF, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, Suite 3D–5, San Francisco, California 94110. fax: (415) 641-0745

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 The author discloses no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01983-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.11.003

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1845-1847 , December 2008

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