Plasma total anti-oxidant capacity correlates inversely with the extent of acute appendicitis: A case control study

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ozdogan, Mehmet ^a   Devay, Ali Onder ^a   Gurer, Ahmet ^a   Ersoy, Eren ^a   Devay, Seda Duygulu ^b   Kulacoglu, Hakan ^a   Gundogdu, Haldun ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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EID: 34248221236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-1-6     Document Type: Article

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