Appendicitis

Pediatric Surgery and Urology: Long-Term Outcomes, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 374-384

  Puri, Prem ^a   Mortell, Alan ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511545757.030     Document Type: Chapter

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