Serum markers in acute appendicitis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-71

  Kao, Lillian S ^a   Tsao, Kuo Jen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HAPTOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS;

EID: 77958099185     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.11.716     Document Type: Note

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