The surgical pathology of the appendix in South African Blacks

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-11

  Muthuphei, M N ^a   Morwamoche, P ^b  

^a Ga Rankuwa Hospital ^*  (South Africa)

^b Ga Rankuwa Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031636544     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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