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General guideline in the endoscopy room to avoid air-borne infection during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Kwang Hyun Chung (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University School of Medicine) ;
  • Soo-Jeong Cho (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 투고 : 2022.05.04
  • 심사 : 2022.06.22
  • 발행 : 2022.09.30

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This study was supported by a grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea (#NRF-2022R1A2B5B01001430).

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