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. 1988 May 14;296(6633):1363–1364. doi: 10.1136/bmj.296.6633.1363-a

Which patients with suspected appendicitis should undergo laparoscopy?

S Paterson-Brown, J N Thompson, J R T Eckersley, G A Ponting, H A F Dudley

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