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Gynaecological infections may present to the emergency department with vague non-specific lower abdominal pain.
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Florence, B. (2016). Gynaecological Infections. In: David, S. (eds) Clinical Pathways in Emergency Medicine. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2710-6_64
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