Therapeutic Endoscopy during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study from Bangladesh
AKM Faizul Huq, Md Fashiur Rahman, Md Azizul Islam, Syed A Iqbal, Azizur Rahman, Syed Abul Hassan Md Abdullah, Muhammad AR Bhuyan, Nuzhat Choudhury, Reema A Alia, Mohammad H Uddin, Sunan B Islam, Musarrat Mahtab, Sheikh MF Akbar
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Huq AF, Rahman MF, Islam MA, Iqbal SA, Rahman A, Abdullah SA, Bhuyan MA, Choudhury N, Alia RA, Uddin MH, Islam SB, Mahtab M, Akbar SM. Therapeutic Endoscopy during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Observational Study from Bangladesh. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2020; 10 (1):47-49.
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