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Comment
. 2015 Mar;261(3):e88-9.
doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000497.

Reply to letter: "Progress in the diagnosis of appendicitis"

Frederick Thurston Drake  1 , David R Flum
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Reply to letter: "Progress in the diagnosis of appendicitis"

Frederick Thurston Drake et al. Ann Surg. 2015 Mar.
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