Position and susceptibility to inflammation of vermiform appendix in Accra, Ghana

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 670-678

  Clegg Lamptey, J N A ^a   Armah, H ^a   Naaeder, S B ^b   Adu Aryee, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; GHANA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; AUTOPSY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35248819824     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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