The importance of urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid levels in the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 409-412

  Mentes, Oner ^a   Eryilmaz, Mehmet ^a   Harlak, Ali ^a   Yaman, Halil ^a   Yigit, Taner ^a   Ongoru, Onder ^a   Balkan, Mujdat ^a   Kozak, Orhan ^a   Tufan, Turgut ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; CREATININE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHAM PROCEDURE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APPENDICITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 65449130772     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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