Acute right iliac fossa pain in acquired immunodeficiency: A comparison between patients with and without acquired immune deficiency syndrome

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 644-646

  Savioz, D ^a   Lironi, A ^a   Zurbuchen, P ^a   Leissing, C ^a   Kaiser, L ^a   Morel, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029886795     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830518     Document Type: Article

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