Clinical and laboratory findings in acute appendicitis in the elderly

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Elangovan, Sudha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030095220     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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