Procalcitonin as a predictor of severe appendicitis in children

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 484-487

  Kafetzis, D A ^a   Velissariou, I M ^a   Nikolaides, P ^b   Sklavos, M ^b   Maktabi, M ^b   Spyridis, G ^b   Kafetzis, D D ^a   Androulakakis, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23744476966     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1360-4     Document Type: Article

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