Endometriosis: A rare cause of appendicitis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 304-305

  Salati, Sajad Ahmad ^a   Rather, Ajaz A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Endometriosis; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

MEFENAMIC ACID; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NULLIPARA; STOMACH EXAMINATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 79958701459     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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