Histologic Severity of Appendicitis Can Be Predicted by Computed Tomography
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 139 (12), 1304-1308
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.139.12.1304
Abstract
Research from JAMA Surgery — Histologic Severity of Appendicitis Can Be Predicted by Computed TomographyKeywords
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