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. 2002 Mar;176(2):104-7.

Abdominal pain in children and the diagnosis of appendicitis

Carolyn A Paris¹, Eileen J Klein

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE (Mailstop CH-04) Seattle, WA 98105, USA. cparis@chmc.org

PMID: 11897731
PMCID: PMC1071677

Review

Abdominal pain in children and the diagnosis of appendicitis

Carolyn A Paris et al. West J Med. 2002 Mar.

. 2002 Mar;176(2):104-7.

Authors

Carolyn A Paris¹, Eileen J Klein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 4800 Sand Point Way NE (Mailstop CH-04) Seattle, WA 98105, USA. cparis@chmc.org

PMID: 11897731
PMCID: PMC1071677

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Appendicitis explains 1% of abdominal pain episodes in young children

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