Nuclear factor κB activation in acute appendicitis: A molecular marker for extent of disease?

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 914-919

  Pennington, C ^a   Dunn, J ^a   Li, C ^a   Ha, T ^a   Browder, W ^a   Rosemurgy, A S ^a   Rhoads J E , Jr ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN PUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; INGUINAL HERNIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NF-KAPPA B; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033778058     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000313480006601002     Document Type: Article

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