Should we refer diminutive polyps to post-CTC polypectomy?

Comment

C Hassan et al. Gut. 2010 Jan.

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doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.183079.

No abstract available

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Authors' response to Hassan et al.
Graser A, Kolligs FT. Graser A, et al. Gut. 2010 Jun;59(6):860. doi: 10.1136/gut.2009.196543. Gut. 2010. PMID: 20551472 No abstract available.

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