Appendicitis after blunt abdominal trauma: Cause or coincidence?

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 350-353

  Ciftci, A O ^a   Tanyel, F C ^a   Buyukpamukcu N ^a   Hicsonmez A ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

appendicitis; blunt trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0030512213     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1071013     Document Type: Article

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