The Alvarado score as a tool for diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Abdeldaim, Yasser ^a  

^a St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALVARADO SCORE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 58049101405     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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