Enterobiasis: threadworm infection presenting as acute appendicitis in a 13-year-old girl.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

Published: January 2015

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