Presenting features of enterobius vermicularis in the vermiform appendix

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-461

  Sodergren, Mikael H ^a,c   Jethwa, Paras ^b   Wilkinson, Simon ^a   Kerwat, Rajab ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c 152 Compass House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Enterobius vermicularis; Pinworm; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; VITAL SIGN; VOMITING; ANIMAL; APPENDICITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENTEROBIUS; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049133461     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520802624227     Document Type: Article

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