Acute appendicitis: Relationships between CT-determined severities and serum white blood cell counts and C-reactive protein levels

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1008, 2011, Pages 1115-1120

  Kim, Hyun Cheol ^a   Yang, D M ^a   Lee, C M ^a   Jin, W ^a   Nam, D H ^a   Song, J Y ^a   Kim, J Y ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABSCESS; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655164129     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/47699219     Document Type: Article

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