The Global Rating Scale in clinical practice: a comprehensive quality assurance programme for endoscopy departments.

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Published in Dig Liver Dis on July 25, 2012

Authors

Jerome Sint Nicolaas1, Vincent de Jonge, Robert A de Man, Frank ter Borg, Djuna L Cahen, Willem Moolenaar, Mark F J Stolk, Antonie J P van Tilburg, Roland M Valori, Monique E van Leerdam, Ernst J Kuipers, SCoPE consortium

Author Affiliations

1: The Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.sintnicolaas@erasmusmc.nl

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