Clinical and laboratory methods in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-361

  Groselj Grenc, Mojca ^a   Repše, Stane ^a   Vidmar, Dubravka ^a   Derganc, Metka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVENIA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447119562     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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