Alvarado, Eskelinen, Ohhmann and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha appendicitis scores for diagnosis of acute appendicitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 9057-9062

  Erdem, Hasan ^a   Çetinkünar, Süleyman ^a   Daş, Koray ^a   Reyhan, Enver ^a   Deǧer, Cumhur ^a   Aziret, Mehmet ^a   Bozkurt, Hilmi ^a   Uzun, Selçuk ^a   Sözen, Selim ^a   Irkörücü, Oktay ^a  

^a Adana Numune Education Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Alvarado; Eskelinen; Ohhmann; Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak saleha appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALVARADO SCORE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESKELINEN SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OHMANN SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAJA ISTERI PENGIRAN ANAK SALEHA APPENDICITIS SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ALVARADO; ESKELINEN; OHHMANN; RAJA ISTERI PENGIRAN ANAK SALEHA APPENDICITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890964969     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9057     Document Type: Article

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