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Burling, D., Taylor, S., Halligan, S. (2006). How to Get the Colon Distended?. In: Lefere, P., Gryspeerdt, S. (eds) Virtual Colonoscopy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30904-7_6
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