Dengue fever mimicking acute appendicitis: A case report

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1032-1034

  McFarlane, M E C ^a   Plummer, J M ^a   Leake, P A ^a   Powell, L ^a   Chand, V ^a   Chung, S ^a   Tulloch, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Dengue fever Acute appendicitis Acute abdomen Leucopenia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 84885133113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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