Acute appendicitis in north of Jordan - A 10 year survey

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-154

  Qasaimeh, Ghazi Raji ^a,c   Khader, Yosef ^b   Matalqah, Ismael ^b   Al Nemri, Sabah ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Demographic features; Negative appendectomy; Perforation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; STOMACH PERFORATION;

EID: 58149136182     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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