Amyand's hernia: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 4761-4763

  Anagnostopoulou, Sofia ^a   Dimitroulis, Dimitrios ^b   Troupis, Theodore G ^a,c   Allamani, Maria ^a   Paraschos, Alexandros ^a   Mazarakis, Antonios ^a   Nikiteas, Nikolaos I ^b   Kostakis, Alkiviadis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amyand's hernia; Appendix; Inguinal hernia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE;

EID: 33747735605     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i29.4761     Document Type: Article

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