Acute appendicitis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7567, 2006, Pages 530-531

  Humes, D J ^a   Simpson, J ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33748791453     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38940.664363.AE     Document Type: Review

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