Appendicitis and appendectomy in Norway 1990-2001;Appendisitt og appendektomi i Norge 1990-2001

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 123, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3185-3188

  Bakken, Inger Johanne ^d   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^a   Mjåland, Odd ^b   Johnson, Egil ^c  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b Gastrokirurgisk Avdeling   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NORWAY; REGISTER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RUPTURE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 1242264900     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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