Can serum interleukin-6 levels predict the outcome of patients with right iliac fossa pain?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-133

  Goodwin, Andrew T ^a,b   Ian Swift, R ^a   Bartlett, Matthew J ^a   Fernando, Bimbi S ^a   Chadwick, Stephen J D ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Interleukin 6; Non specific abdominal pain

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MARKER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1842290944     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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