Minimum postoperative antibiotic duration in advanced appendicitis in children: a review.

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Published in Pediatr Surg Int on October 06, 2004

Authors

Carolyn M H Snelling1, Dan Poenaru, John W Drover

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1: Queen's University School of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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