Evaluation of abdominal pain in the elderly

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 615-627

  Sanson, T G ^a   O'Keefe, K P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; PANCREATITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029797943     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(05)70270-4     Document Type: Article

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