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- Carr, NJ, 2000, ‘The pathology of acute appendicitis’, in Annual of Diagnostic Pathology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 46-58. More information here.
- Søreide, K, 2007, ‘Should antibiotic treatment replace appendectomy for acute appendicitis?’ in Nature clinical practice. Gastroenterology & hepatology. vol. 4, no. 11, pp. 584-585. More information here.
- Appendicitis 2000, The Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia. More information here.
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