Appendicitis in HIV-positive patients

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 337-339

  Bova, R ^a   Meagher, A ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Appendicitis; HIV

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031800807     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04767.x     Document Type: Article

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