Anomalies of the vermiform appendix and prevalence of acute appendicitis in Khartoum

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 338-340

  Bakheit, M A ^a   Warille, A A ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; SUDAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033137282     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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