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Editorial
. 2019 Dec;7(12):E1592-E1594.
doi: 10.1055/a-0996-8298. Epub 2019 Nov 25.

Distal attachments on a colonoscope: not all the same?

Sreedhari Thayalasekaran  1 , Pradeep Bhandari  1
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Editorial

Distal attachments on a colonoscope: not all the same?

Sreedhari Thayalasekaran et al. Endosc Int Open. 2019 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests Dr. Bhandari has received educational grants from Olympus, Fujinon, Pentax, Norgine, and EndoAid Ltd that are unrelated to the content of this editorial.

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