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Plasma D -Lactate Levels in Diagnosis of Appendicitis

Fatma Çağlayan Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Murat Çakmak Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical Faculty, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Osman Çağlayan Department of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey
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Turgut Çavuşogˇlu Department of General Surgery, Ministry of Health, Ankara State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 233-237 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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