Swine flu presenting as acute appendicitis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 208-209

  Mehta, Poonam ^a   Agarwala, Sandeep ^a   Jana, Manisha ^a   Kabra, Sushil Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; OSELTAMIVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; LOOSE FECES; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWINE INFLUENZA; THROAT CULTURE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84898542219     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1009-8     Document Type: Letter

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