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Parasitic infestation in appendicitis. A retrospective analysis of 660 patients and brief literature review

Eren Altun, Veli Avci and Meltem Azatçam
Saudi Medical Journal March 2017, 38 (3) 314-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.3.18061
Eren Altun
From the Medical Pathology Department (Altun), Faculty of Medicine, University of Balikesir, Balikesir, the Pediatric Surgery Clinics (Avci), Bingöl Maternity and Children’s Hospital, and the Laboratory of Medical Pathology (Azatcam), Lüleburgaz State Hospital, Kırklareli, Turkey
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From the Medical Pathology Department (Altun), Faculty of Medicine, University of Balikesir, Balikesir, the Pediatric Surgery Clinics (Avci), Bingöl Maternity and Children’s Hospital, and the Laboratory of Medical Pathology (Azatcam), Lüleburgaz State Hospital, Kırklareli, Turkey
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From the Medical Pathology Department (Altun), Faculty of Medicine, University of Balikesir, Balikesir, the Pediatric Surgery Clinics (Avci), Bingöl Maternity and Children’s Hospital, and the Laboratory of Medical Pathology (Azatcam), Lüleburgaz State Hospital, Kırklareli, Turkey
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vol. 38 no. 3 314-318
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.3.18061
PubMed 
28251230

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 18, 2016
  • Accepted November 7, 2016
  • Published online March 1, 2017.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Eren Altun, MD⇑,
  2. Veli Avci, MD and
  3. Meltem Azatçam, MD
  1. From the Medical Pathology Department (Altun), Faculty of Medicine, University of Balikesir, Balikesir, the Pediatric Surgery Clinics (Avci), Bingöl Maternity and Children’s Hospital, and the Laboratory of Medical Pathology (Azatcam), Lüleburgaz State Hospital, Kırklareli, Turkey
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Eren Altun, Medical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Balikesir, Balikesir, Turkey. E-mail: erenaltun{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-9110-8364
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