Peritonitis - the Western experience.

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Published in World J Emerg Surg on September 05, 2006

Authors

Mark A Malangoni1, Tazo Inui

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. mmalangoni@metrohealth.org

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