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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2009; 15(44): 5586-5591
Published online Nov 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5586
Published online Nov 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5586
Unsedated transnasal small-caliber esophagogastroduodenoscopy in elderly and bedridden patients
Mika Yuki, Yoshinori Komazawa, Hiroyuki Fukuhara, Toshihiro Shizuku, Division of Internal Medicine, Izumo-City General Medical Center, 613 Nadabunn-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-0003, Japan
Yuji Amano, Division of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
Shun Yamamoto, Division of Internal Medicine, Unnan Municipal General Hospital, 96-1 Iida-cho, Unnan-shi, Shimane 699-1221, Japan
Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane University, School of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Yuki M and Amano Y contributed equally to this work; Yuki M, Amano Y, Komazawa Y, Shizuku T and Yamamoto S designed the research; Yuki M, Komazawa Y, Fukuhara H and Shizuku T performed the research; Yuki M, Amano Y and Kinoshita Y analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Supported by A research grant from the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Endoscopy, Chugoku Branch (grant No. 200602)
Correspondence to: Yuji Amano, MD, Division of Endoscopy, Shimane University Hospital, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. amano@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
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Received: August 24, 2009
Revised: September 14, 2009
Accepted: September 21, 2009
Published online: November 28, 2009
Revised: September 14, 2009
Accepted: September 21, 2009
Published online: November 28, 2009
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