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Peroral endoscopic myotomy using a novel thin therapeutic scope
Hiroshi Tanabe1, Hiroya Sakaguchi1, Hirofumi Abe1
1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
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|June 18, 2024
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