A pilot study on potential new plasma markers for diagnosis of acute appendicitis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-260

  Thuijls, Geertje ^a   Derikx, Joep P M ^a   Prakken, Fred J ^a,b   Huisman, Bregje ^a   Van Bijnen Ing, Annemarie A ^a   Van Heurn, Ernest L W E ^a   Buurman, Wim A ^a   Heineman, Erik ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALGRANULIN; LACTOFERRIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE SURGERY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951893591     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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