When it's not appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Velanovich, Vic ^a,f   Harkabus, Michael A ^b   Tapia, Francis V ^c   Gusz, John R ^d   Vallance, Steven R ^e  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Ireland Army Community Hospital   (United States)

^d Private Practice   (United States)

^e Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^f Division of General Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; CHILD; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; OVARY DISEASE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031964589     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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