Application of an anti-aerosol box for esophagogastroduodenoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic: double up the protection

Endoscopy 2020; 52(08): 704-705
DOI: 10.1055/a-1168-6841

Letter to the editor

Authors

Wong Zhiqin

¹Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

²GUT Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Khairul Najmi Muhammad Nawawi

¹Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

²GUT Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Raja Affendi Raja Ali

¹Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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