Elevated serum bilirubin in acute appendicitis: A new diagnostic tool

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Khan, Salamat ^a,b  

^a Nepalgunj Medical College   (Nepal)

^b Dept of Surgery   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Elevated serum bilirubin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 50449107271     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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