Dignostic value of interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in acute appendicitis

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 169-172

  Erkasap, S ^a   Ates, E ^a   Ustuner, Z ^a   Sahin, A ^a   Yilmaz, S ^a   Yasar, B ^a   Kiper, H ^a  

^a Hasan Polatkan Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; C reactive protein; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033859662     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.6.4.169     Document Type: Article

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