Epidemiologic features, seasonal variations and false positive rate of acute appendicitis in Shahr-e-Rey, Tehran

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-98

  Noudeh, Younes Jahangiri ^a   Sadigh, Nader ^a   Ahmadnia, Amir Yousef ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Epidemiologic features; False positive rate; Iran; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34247218676     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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