Frequency, pattern and management of acute abdomen in dengue fever in Karachi, Pakistan

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 107-113

  Shamim, Muhammad ^a  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Cholecystitis; Dengue fever; Dengue haemorrhagic fever; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650312139     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(10)60019-X     Document Type: Article

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