A Case of Pancreatic Cancer and Opioid Withdrawal after Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided Celiac Plexus Neurolysis
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Seol, Soo-Hwan
(Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital)
Kim, Hyun-Soo (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Hwang, Byung-Sik (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Oh, Dae-Myung (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Baek, In-Yub (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Park, Min-Kyu (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Ryu, Hyon-Uk (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) Kwon, Jong-Kyu (Department of Gastroenterology, Fatima Hospital) |
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