Carcinoid tumour of the appendix: An analysis of 1,485 consecutive emergency appendectomies

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1436-1438

  In't Hof, K H ^a   Van Der Wal, H C ^a   Kazemier, G ^a   Lange, J F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Carcinoid tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48849096176     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0545-4     Document Type: Article

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