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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2024; 12(01): E50-E51
DOI: 10.1055/a-2223-1028
DOI: 10.1055/a-2223-1028
Editorial
The magic of gravity in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Sir Isaac Newton would be proud!
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Publication History
Received: 26 November 2023
Accepted: 28 November 2023
Article published online:
08 January 2024
© 2024. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial-License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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