Published in Arch Surg on April 01, 2000
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Laparoscopy may be lowering the threshold to operate on patients with suspected appendicitis. Surg Endosc (2002) 1.08
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The use and cost of medical resources: what will we pay for neurologic health? Neurology (1998) 0.75
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