New parameter in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: Platelet distribution width

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1821-1826

  Dinc, Bulent ^a   Oskay, Alten ^b   Dinc, Selcan Enver ^c   Bas, Bilge ^a   Tekin, Sabri ^d  

^a Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISPARTA STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d Medical Park Antalya Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Platelet distribution width; Platelet function test

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PLATELET DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; THROMBOCYTE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN PLATELET VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922720510     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i6.1821     Document Type: Article

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