Serum YKL-40 levels in acute appendicitis

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 656-658

  Koc, M ^a   Zulfikaroglu, B ^a   Kemal Isman, F ^b   Ozalp, N ^a   Acar, A ^a   Kucur, M ^c  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Inflammation; YKL 40

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHI3L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650369344     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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