The significance of clinical signs and blood indices for the diagnosis of appendicitis during pregnancy

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 188-191

  Maslovitz, Sharon ^a   Gutman, Guy ^a   Lessing, Joseph B ^a   Kupferminc, Michael J ^a   Gamzu, Ronni ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGIST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345168053     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074450     Document Type: Article

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