Commercially available endoscopy facemasks to prevent aerosolizing spread of droplets during COVID-19 outbreak

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(06): E815-E816
DOI: 10.1055/a-1180-8355

Letter to the editor

Alejandro Bojórquez

Digestive Diseases Department, University Clinic of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

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Francisco Javier Zozaya Larequi

Digestive Diseases Department, University Clinic of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

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Maria Teresa Betés

Digestive Diseases Department, University Clinic of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

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José Carlos Súbtil

Digestive Diseases Department, University Clinic of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

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Miguel Muñoz-Navas

Digestive Diseases Department, University Clinic of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain

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