Erratum : Evaluation of the appendicitis inflammatory response score for patients with acute appendicitis (World Journal of Surgery DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1521-4);Evaluation of the appendicitis inflammatory response score for patients with acute appendicitis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1540-1545

  Castro, S M M De ^a   Unlu C ^a   Steller, E Ph ^a   Van Wagensveld, B A ^a   Vrouenraets, B C ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION;

APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864288660     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1678-x     Document Type: Erratum

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