Colonoscopy quality: measuring the patient experience

Endoscopy 2018; 50(01): 4-5
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-121146

Editorial

Referring to Valori RM et al. p. 40–51

Jennifer Nayor

¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

²Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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John R. Saltzman

¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

²Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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