Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding during the COVID-19 pandemic – less is more!

Endoscopy 2020; 52(09): 816-817
DOI: 10.1055/a-1194-4864

Letter to the editor

Authors

Erik A. Holzwanger

¹Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mohammad Bilal

²Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Christopher G. Stallwood

³Division of Gastroenterology, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mark J. Sterling

¹Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert F. Yacavone

¹Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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