Serum markers in acute appendicitis

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-75

  Allister, Lauren ^a   Bachur, Richard ^a   Glickman, Jonathan ^a   Horwitz, Bruce ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute abdomen; appendicitis; CRP; GCSF; haptoglobin; IL 8; inflammatory markers; WBC

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955577766     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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