Appendicitis

Pediatric Surgery: Sixth Edition

Volumn 2-2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1501-1513

  Dunn, James C Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MATTEL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02842-4.50101-7     Document Type: Chapter

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