Urinary 5-hydroxy indole acetic acid as a test for early diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 985-989

  Bolandparvaz, Shahram ^a   Vasei, Mohammad ^a,b   Owji, Ali Akbar ^b   Ata Ee, Negar ^b   Amin, Ali ^a   Daneshbod, Yahya ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Vahid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxy indole acetic acid; Appendicitis; CRP; Serotonin; WBC

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NECROSIS; PATIENT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

EID: 6344233844     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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