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Percutaneous gastrostomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Peter Wanklyn*
Affiliation:
Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
*
Peter Wanklyn, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Leeds General Infirmary, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, UK.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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