Pathology of the appendix in children: An institutional experience and review of the literature

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Rabah, Raja ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Children; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROHN DISEASE; DATA BASE; DIVERTICULITIS; GENDER; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MECONIUM ILEUS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; OVARY CYST; PATHOLOGY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CECAL DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751574498     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0288-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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