Proposal for returning to routine endoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic: what is really feasible?

Endoscopy 2020; 52(09): 815
DOI: 10.1055/a-1185-9768

Letter to the editor

Gianpiero Manes

ASST Rhodense, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Units, Garbagnate Milanese and Rho, Milano, Italy

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Cristina Bezzio

ASST Rhodense, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Units, Garbagnate Milanese and Rho, Milano, Italy

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Simone Saibeni

ASST Rhodense, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Units, Garbagnate Milanese and Rho, Milano, Italy

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