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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Etiology of Appendicitis in Children: The Role of Bacterial and Viral Pathogens

I. RichardsenDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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D.S. SchöbDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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T. F. UlmerDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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G. SteinauDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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U. P. NeumannDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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C. D. KlinkDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
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A. LambertzDepartment of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 74-79 | Received 13 Mar 2015, Accepted 19 Jun 2015, Published online: 16 Sep 2015

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