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Transected nasogastric tube: a rare complication of nasogastric feeding

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    Thomas Gerard Cotter, Matthew William Stier & Vijaya Lakshmi Rao

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Cotter, T.G., Stier, M.W. & Rao, V.L. Transected nasogastric tube: a rare complication of nasogastric feeding. Intern Emerg Med 14, 179–180 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-018-1928-5

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