Is urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid helpful for early diagnosis of acute appendicitis?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 540-544

  Jangjoo, Ali ^a   Varasteh, Abdol Reza ^b,c   Mehrabi Bahar, Mostafa ^a   Tayyebi Meibodi, Naser ^a   Esmaili, Habibollah ^b   Nazeri, Narges ^d   Aliakbarian, Mohsen ^a   Azizi, Shahriar H ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Varastegan Institute for Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^d Shafa Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861113020     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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