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Male Gender Is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis following Nonoperative Treatment: Reply

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  1. Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

    Wan-Ching Lien & Chien-Jen Chen

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University and National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wan-Ching Lien

  3. Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chien-Jen Chen

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Lien, WC., Chen, CJ. Male Gender Is a Risk Factor for Recurrent Appendicitis following Nonoperative Treatment: Reply. World J Surg 36, 488–489 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1371-5

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