Adenoma detection rate – is it all about adding water?

Peter Klare

doi:10.1055/s-0043-105483

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2017; 49(05): 427-428
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-105483

Editorial

Adenoma detection rate – is it all about adding water?

Referring to Cadoni S et al. p. 456–467

Peter Klare

Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany

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