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Design of manuscript: JJB, HFAV; writing of first draft of manuscript: JJB, WHVNC, HFAV; editing the first draft and approving the final draft of the manuscript: JJB, WHVNC, AMJL, HS, JHH, HFAV.

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Jurjen J. Boonstra, Alexandra M. J. Langers, James H. Hardwick & Hans F. A. Vasen

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, The Netherlands

    Wouter H. de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel & Hedwig van der Sluis

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Boonstra, J.J., de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel, W.H., Langers, A.M.J. et al. Colonoscopy in Lynch syndrome: the need for a new quality score. Familial Cancer 16, 239–241 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-016-9950-0

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