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Pneumothorax: Complication of enteral feeding tube placement

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  1. Departments of Gastroenterology and Pulmonary, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Ann M. Kools MD, Linda S. Snyder MD & Oliver W. Cass MD

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Kools, A.M., Snyder, L.S. & Cass, O.W. Pneumothorax: Complication of enteral feeding tube placement. Digest Dis Sci 32, 1212–1213 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01300209

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