Reply to Zhang et al.

Endoscopy 2023; 55(03): 298
DOI: 10.1055/a-1931-4364

Letter to the editor

Autor*innen

Edoardo Vespa

¹Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy

²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy
Alessandro Repici

¹Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy

²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy

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