Acute appendicitis: An overview

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 152-156

  Saidi, H S ^a   Adwok, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; HUMAN; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034343108     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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