The Alvarado score and acute appendicitis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 510-512

  Chan, M Y P ^a   Teo, B S ^b   Ng, B L ^b  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adjunct; Normal appendicectomy; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035460295     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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