Acute appendicitis in the developing world is a morbid disease

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 390-395

  Kong, Victor Y ^a   Sartorius, B ^a   Clarke, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Complication; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937560823     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588415X14181254790608     Document Type: Article

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