Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1398-1403 , July 2010

Discordance of the pediatric surgeon's intraoperative assessment of pediatric appendicitis with the pathologists report

Received 16 June 2009 ,Revised 18 January 2010 ,Accepted 16 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-3468(10)00167-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.02.048

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 1398-1403 , July 2010

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