Diseases of the Appendix

Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1039-1069

  Jacobs, Jill E ^a   Balthazar, Emil J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

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