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Fiber intake and childhood appendicitis

D. Adamidis, E. Roma-Giannikou, K. Karamolegou, E. Tselalidou, A. Constantopoulos 1st Department of Paediatrics of Athens University, Athens, Greece
Pages 153-157 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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