Can indomethacin be helpful in double balloon enteroscopy assisted procedures?

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2019; 07(05): E732
DOI: 10.1055/a-0839-4624

Letter to the editor

Laith H. Jamil

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Digestive Disease Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Simon K. Lo

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center – Digestive Disease Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

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