Neutrophil count in the normal appendix and early appendicitis: Diagnostic index of real acute inflammation

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 352-356

  Barcia, Juan José ^a   Reissenweber, Nelson ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendix; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROSA;

EID: 0036912651     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2002.36659     Document Type: Article

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