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Initial experience with a variable width and extreme tip angulation colonoscope

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    L. F. Lara, T. Erim, A. Schneider, N. Palekar, B. Jimenez, B. Murchie, R. R. Pimentel & R. J. Charles

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Lara, L.F., Erim, T., Schneider, A. et al. Initial experience with a variable width and extreme tip angulation colonoscope. Tech Coloproctol 18, 1173–1175 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-014-1223-z

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