Dysphagia in Indian Patients—Benign Outnumber Malignant

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2019; 10(02): 077-078
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1693826

Editorial

Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India

Kapil Dhingra

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Gaurav Kumar Gupta

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Sandeep Nijhawan

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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