Abdominal pain among children re-evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 947-951

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Chen, Yi Chen ^a   Zhang, Jin Zhe ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; SURGEON;

EID: 0036791630     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v8.i5.947     Document Type: Article

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