Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: diagnostic accuracy study

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Ashdown HF ,D’Souza N ,Karim D ,Stevens RJ ,Huang A ,Harnden A. Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: diagnostic accuracy study. BMJ 2012;345:e8012

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