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Original Article

Heparin-bridging therapy is associated with post-colorectal polypectomy bleeding in patients whose oral anticoagulation therapy is interrupted

Taishi SakaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yasuaki NagamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Masatsugu ShibaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kappei HayashiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yosuke KinoshitaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Hirotsugu MaruyamaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Kunihiro KatoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Hiroaki MinaminoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Masaki OminamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Shusei FukunagaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Koji OtaniDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Shuhei HosomiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Fumio TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Koichi TairaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Noriko KamataDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Hirokazu YamagamiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Tetsuya TanigawaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Toshio WatanabeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Yasuhiro FujiwaraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Pages 1304-1310 | Received 02 Apr 2018, Accepted 17 Jul 2018, Published online: 21 Oct 2018

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