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Sneezing during drug-induced sedation endoscopy

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  1. ENT Department, Queen’s Hospital, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Romford, Essex, UK

    Jagdeep Singh Virk

  2. ENT Department, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, 330 Gray’s Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DA, UK

    Bhik Kotecha

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Virk, J.S., Kotecha, B. Sneezing during drug-induced sedation endoscopy. Sleep Breath 18, 451–452 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-014-1007-8

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