Right iliac fossa pain and Alvarado score;Dolor en fosa ilíaca derecha y Score de Alvarado

Cirugia Espanola

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 247-251

  Canavosso, Lucas ^a   Carena, Pablo ^a   Carbonell, Juan Manuel ^a   Monjo, Luciano ^a   Zuñiga, Cesar Palas ^a   Sánchez, Martín ^a   Lada, Paul Eduardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado Score; Right iliac fossa pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949228277     PISSN: 0009739X     EISSN: 1578147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-739X(08)70562-1     Document Type: Article

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