Appendiceal endometriosis mimicking acute appendicitis

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 712-713

  Tumay, V ^a   Ozturk, E ^a   Ozturk, H ^a   Yilmazlar, T ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846316790     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015458.2006.11679989     Document Type: Article

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