Cluster of acute hemorrhagic appendicitis among high school students in Wuhan, China

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-121

  Guo, Yi ^a,b   Xiao, Shu Yuan ^b   Yan, Hong ^a   Sun, Ning Dong ^c   Jiang, Ming Sen ^d   Liu, Dong Ying ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Cluster; Hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; SYMPTOM; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 3142756385     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.072     Document Type: Article

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