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. 1990 Mar;152(3):296–298.

Tropical pyomyositis of the abdominal wall musculature mimicking acute abdomen.

C A Kennedy 1, G Mathisen 1, M B Goetz 1
PMCID: PMC1002341  PMID: 2139755

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