Diagnostic value of quantitative CRP measurement in patients with acute appendicitis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-303

  Shoshtari, Mohammad Hossein Sarmast ^a   Askarpour, Shahnam ^a,b   Alamshah, Mansoor ^a   Elahi, Ahemd ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; CRP; Diagnostic value

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33748774171     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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