Use of the rectal examination on children with acute abdominal pain

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 311-316

  Scholer, Seth J ^a,b   Pituch, Ken ^a   Orr, Don P ^a   Dittus, Robert S ^a,c,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Bowen Research Center   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM EXAMINATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0031926235     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700506     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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