Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , January 2002

Acute acalculous cholecystitis in children: Diagnosis and treatment

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☆ Address reprint requests to Haluk Sarihan, MD, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Surgery, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey.

PII: S0022-3468(02)36762-9

doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.29423

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 36-39 , January 2002

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