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Case Reports

. 2008 Apr;51(2):E40-1.

Primary peritonitis in a young healthy woman: an unusual case

Samer Elkassem¹, Elijah Dixon, John Conly, Christopher Doig

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PMID: 18377740
PMCID: PMC2386325

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Case Reports

Primary peritonitis in a young healthy woman: an unusual case

Samer Elkassem et al. Can J Surg. 2008 Apr.

Free PMC article

. 2008 Apr;51(2):E40-1.

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Samer Elkassem¹, Elijah Dixon, John Conly, Christopher Doig

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¹ Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

PMID: 18377740
PMCID: PMC2386325

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