Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 127-139 , July 2009

Pulmonary complications of inflammatory bowel disease: focus on management issues

  • Edmund Moon, MD
    • ,
  • Colin T. Gillespie, MD
    • ,
  • Anil Vachani, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Anil Vachani, MD, Section of Interventional Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, 1016A Abramson Research Center, 3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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doi: 10.1016/j.tgie.2009.07.002

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 127-139 , July 2009

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