Periappendicitis: Is it a clinical entity?

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 913-916

  Mukherjee, Asish ^a   Schlenker, Evelyn ^a   LaMasters, Teresa ^a   Johnson, Melissa ^a   Brunz, Jamie ^a   Thomas, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEROSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROSITIS;

EID: 0036780214     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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