Plasma D-lactic acid level: A useful marker to distinguish perforated from acute simple appendicitis

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-305

  Demircan, Mehmet ^a   Cetin, Selma ^a   Uguralp, Sema ^a   Sezgin, Nurzen ^a   Karaman, Abdurrahman ^a   Gozukara, Engin M ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; DEXTRO LACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LAPAROTOMY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 7044239112     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60056-7     Document Type: Article

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