Serum visfatin levels in acute appendicitis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-260

  Işman, Ferruh Kemal ^a   Zülfikaroǧlu, Bariş ^b   Acar, Atahan ^b   Koç, Mahmut ^b   Tez, Mesut ^b   Kücür, Mine ^c  

^a Taksim Teaching and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Visfatin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950595851     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2010.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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