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Complications of gastrointestinal radiologic procedures: I. complications of routine fluoroscopic studies

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Gelfand, D.W. Complications of gastrointestinal radiologic procedures: I. complications of routine fluoroscopic studies. Gastrointest Radiol 5, 293–315 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01888650

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