CT scans may not reduce the negative appendectomy rate in children
- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Vol. 39 (6) , 886-890
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.02.034
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