Epidemiology of appendicitis;Epidemiologie der appendicitis

Chirurg

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Treutner, K H ^a,b   Schumpelick, V ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUPTURE; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0030637029     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001040050142     Document Type: Article

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