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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;40(10):878; author reply 878-9.
doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1077562. Epub 2008 Sep 30.

Cat scratch colon is caused by barotrauma secondary to insufflation during colonoscopy

J S Baudet, D Diaz-Bethencourt, X Arguiñarena, M Soler, S Morales, J Avilés
Case Reports

Cat scratch colon is caused by barotrauma secondary to insufflation during colonoscopy

J S Baudet et al. Endoscopy. 2008 Oct.
No abstract available

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