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Affiliations

¹ Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
² Medical-Surgical Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

Maria Chiara Petrone et al. Endosc Ultrasound. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;6(Suppl 3):S71-S73.

doi: 10.4103/eus.eus_64_17.

¹ Pancreas Translational and Clinical Research Center, Pancreato-Biliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
² Medical-Surgical Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Digestive and Liver Disease Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

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