Typical signs of acute appendicitis in ultrasonography mimicked by other diseases?

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 697-702

  Schupp, C J ^a   Klingmuller V ^a   Strauch, K ^b   Bahr, M ^a   Zovko, D ^a   Hannmann, T ^a   Loff, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 77955550838     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2617-2     Document Type: Article

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