Is procalcitonin able to help in pediatric appendicitis diagnosis?;La procalcitonine peut-elle aider au diagnostic des appendicites de l'enfant?

Annales de Chirurgie

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Kouame, D B ^a   Garrigue, M A ^b   Lardy, H ^a   Machet, M C ^c   Giraudeau, B ^d   Robert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^c SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Peritonitis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PERITONITIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 15744369246     PISSN: 00033944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anchir.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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