Acute appendicitis in Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-252

  Kotisso, B ^a   Messele, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; EMERGENCIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030124095     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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