Does this patient have appendicitis?

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 1589-1594

  Wagner, James M ^a   McKinney, W Paul ^a,b   Carpenter, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; DISEASE COURSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029826139     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.19.1589     Document Type: Review

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