Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages e8-e9 , August 2009

Female With Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.12.036

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages e8-e9 , August 2009