Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in the diagnosis of childhood appendicitis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-403

  Yazici, Mesut ^a   Özkisacik, Sezen ^a   Onur Oztan M ^a   Gürsoy, Harun ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Neutrophil lymphocyte (N L) ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE NEUTROPHIL RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649698385     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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