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Self-Expanding Metal Stents for the Palliation of Malignant Gastroduodenal Obstruction in Patients Unsuitable for Surgical Bypass

[Aliment Pharmacol Ther 19(8):901-905, 2004. © 2004 Blackwell Publishing]

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