Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Appendiceal Endometriosis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis

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Published May 27, 2013
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Vol. 91 No. 5 (2013): Issue May 2013

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Anis Ben Maamer
Haithem Zaafouri
Noomen Haoues
Ammar Daraoui
Rabii Noomene
Ahmed Bouhafa
Service de Chirurgie Générale Hôpital Habib Thameur
Abdelaziz Oueslati
Abderraouf Cherif

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