Is long-term hunger (Ramadan model) a risk factor for acute appendicitis?

Barlas Sulu; Yusuf Gunerhan; Baris Ozturk; Hasan Arslan

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Is long-term hunger (Ramadan model) a risk factor for acute appendicitis?

Barlas Sulu, Yusuf Gunerhan, Baris Ozturk and Hasan Arslan

Saudi Medical Journal January 2010, 31 (1) 59-63;

Barlas Sulu

Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University Kars, Pasacayiri 36100, Kars, Turkey. Tel. +90 (474) 2127915/3020. Fax. +90 (474) 2120996. E-mail: [email protected]

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Yusuf Gunerhan

Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University Kars, Pasacayiri 36100, Kars, Turkey. Tel. +90 (474) 2127915/3020. Fax. +90 (474) 2120996. E-mail: [email protected]

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Baris Ozturk

Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University Kars, Pasacayiri 36100, Kars, Turkey. Tel. +90 (474) 2127915/3020. Fax. +90 (474) 2120996. E-mail: [email protected]

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Hasan Arslan

Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University Kars, Pasacayiri 36100, Kars, Turkey. Tel. +90 (474) 2127915/3020. Fax. +90 (474) 2120996. E-mail: [email protected]

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