Acute Appendicitis in Children and Adolescents: Factors Associated with Perforation and the Causative Organism |
Lee, Sol
(Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
Kwon, Hyuck Jin (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Ahn, Soo Min (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Lee, Kwan Seop (Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) Kim, Kwang Nam (Department of Pediatrics, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine) |
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