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Clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis – is the time ripe for more conservative treatment?

Juha M. Grönroos Departments of Surgery and Emergency, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 42-45 | Published online: 21 Jul 2010

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