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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Tristan L. Hartzell ,
Sonya Gardiner  and
Maryanne Skavdahl
Tristan L. Hartzell*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Sonya Gardiner
Affiliation:
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Maryanne Skavdahl
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
*
Department of Surgey, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston MA 02115; [email protected]

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Keywords

abdominal painportal venous gasappendicitis
Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , September 2010 , pp. 538 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2010

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