Serum amyloid A protein levels as a possible aid in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Lycopoulou, Lilia ^a   Mamoulakis, Charalambos ^b   Hantzi, Eugenia ^b   Demetriadis, Dimitrios ^b   Antypas, Spyros ^b   Giannaki, Maria ^b   Bakoula, Chryssa ^a   Chrousos, George ^a   Papassotiriou, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactant; Appendicitis; C reactive protein; Serum amyloid A protein

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NORMAL VALUE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; ROC CURVE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 14244253115     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.007     Document Type: Article

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