The research conundrum of acute appendicitis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1151-1152

  Soreide K ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; TRENDS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MORBIDITY;

EID: 84939198135     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9890     Document Type: Short Survey

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