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Comment
. 2018 Mar;22(3):245-246.
doi: 10.1007/s10151-018-1758-5. Epub 2018 Feb 23.

Response to: the nearly complete TME quality conundrum

M Pędziwiatr  1   2 , J Witowski  3   4 , P Major  3   4 , P Małczak  3   4 , M Mizera  3 , A Budzyński  3   4
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Response to: the nearly complete TME quality conundrum

M Pędziwiatr et al. Tech Coloproctol. 2018 Mar.
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