Appendectomy during pregnancy: A survey of two army medical activities

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 671-674

  Wittich, Arthur C ^a   Desantis, Robert A ^a   Lockrow, Ernest G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032834063     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.10.671     Document Type: Article

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