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C reactive protein in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

W P Oosterhuis1, A H Zwinderman, M Teeuwen

  • 1Department of Clinical Chemistry, Drechtsteden Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

The European Journal of Surgery = Acta Chirurgica
|February 1, 1993
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C reactive proteinacute appendicitisdiagnostic accuracyemergency medicine

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