Evaluation of the child with suspected appendicitis

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 720-725

  Burd, R S ^a   Whalen, T V ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0035205707     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20011201-06     Document Type: Review

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