Markers of severe appendicitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-455

  Tehrani, Hassan Y ^a   Petros, James G ^a   Kumar, R Ravi ^a   Chu, Quyen ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; BOSTON; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032927111     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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