A self-propelled colonoscope: Aer-O-Scope

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-13

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 70350552761     PISSN: 15563790     EISSN: 15563804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11888-008-0003-4     Document Type: Review

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