Clin Endosc.  2020 Jul;53(4):385-386. 10.5946/ce.2020.153.

Usefulness of Colonoscopy in Patients with Hematochezia Aged under 40 Years

• Yang HC
• Kim SW

• KMID: 2504940
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5946/ce.2020.153

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