C-reactive protein for the evaluation of acute abdominal pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 254-256

  Chi, Chih Hsien ^a   Shiesh, Shu Chu ^a   Chen, Kuan Wen ^a   Wu, Ming Ho ^a   Lin, Xi Zhang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; C reactive protein

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0029998857     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90169-2     Document Type: Article

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