The myth of the fecalith

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-397

  Maenza, Richard L ^a,b   Smith, Linda ^a,b   Wolfson, Allan B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Center for Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; abdominal radiography; Appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; VOMITING;

EID: 0029906445     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90058-3     Document Type: Article

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