Spot urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1436-1439

  Apak, Sami ^a   Kazez, Ahmet ^a   Ozel, S Kerem ^a   Ustundag, Bilal ^a   Akpolat, Nusret ^a   Kizirgil, Ahmet ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

5 HIAA; Acute appendicitis; Diagnosis; Enterochromaffin cells; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RABBIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APPENDICITIS; ASCITIC FLUID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; RABBITS;

EID: 24344483467     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.042     Document Type: Article

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