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Research Article

Factors Associated with Tolerance to, and Discomfort with, Unsedated Diagnostic Gastroscopy

H. E. Mulcahy, P. Kelly, M. R. Banks, P. Connor, S. E. Patchet, M. J. G. Farthing, P. D. Fairclough, P. J. Kumar
Pages 1352-1357 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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