Pictorial essay: CT scan of appendicitis and its mimics causing right lower quadrant pain
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0971-3026
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.37051