Ultrasound and white blood cell counts in suspected acute appendicitis

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-102

  West, Wayne M ^a   Brady West, D C ^a   McDonald, A H ^a   Hanchard, B ^a   Fearon Boothe, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746516827     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000200007     Document Type: Article

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