Clinical spectrum of acute abdominal pain in Turkish pediatric patients: A prospective study

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-329

  Erkan, Tülay ^a,c   Çam, Halit ^a   Özkan, Hilda Çerçi ^a   Kiray, Evrim ^a   Erginoz, Ethem ^b   Kutlu, Tufan ^a   Tastan, Yucel ^a   Çullu, Fugen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Visnezade mah Kireçhane sok   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Child; Pediatric emergency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ANOREXIA; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TURKEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2942598488     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01889.x     Document Type: Article

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