Major bleeding after endoscopic biopsy in relation to use of antithrombotics

Endoscopy 2014; 46(06): 538
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1365408

Letters to the editor

Kentaro Yamashita

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Yoshiaki Arimura

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Koichiro Fukuda

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Kei Onodera

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Kayo Murakami

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Hiroyuki Isshiki

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Mayuko Saito

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Yasuhisa Shinomura

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