COVID-19 in the endoscopy ward: A potential risk for gastroenterologists

Ahmad Hormati MD1, Mohammad Hadi Karbalaie Niya PhD2, Mohammadreza Ghadir MD1, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani MD3, Hossein Ajdarkosh MD2, Fahimeh Safarnezhad Tameshkel PhD candidate2 and Farhad Zamani MD2 1Gastroenterology and Hepatology Disease Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran, 2Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran and 3Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran

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