The effect of abdominal pain duration on the accuracy of diagnostic imaging for pediatric appendicitis.

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Published in Ann Emerg Med on July 27, 2012

Authors

Richard G Bachur1, Peter S Dayan, Lalit Bajaj, Charles G Macias, Manoj K Mittal, Michelle D Stevenson, Nanette C Dudley, Kelly Sinclair, Jonathan Bennett, Michael C Monuteaux, Anupam B Kharbanda, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative Research Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. richard.bachur@childrens.harvard.edu

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