Clinical manifestations of appendiceal pinworms in children: An institutional experience and a review of the literature

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 372-375

  Arca, Marjorie J ^a,b   Gates, Robert L ^b   Groner, Jonathan I ^b   Hammond, Sue ^b   Caniano, Donna A ^b  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Enterobius vermicularis; Oxyuriasis; Pinworms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL PINWORM; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242668943     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1151-5     Document Type: Review

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