Evaluation of procalcitonin as a biomarker of diagnosis, severity and postoperative complications in adult patients with acute appendicitis

Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Vaziri, Mohammad ^a   Ehsanipour, Fahimeh ^b   Pazouki, Abdolreza ^a   Tamannaie, Zeinab ^a   Taghavi, Roohollah ^a   Pishgahroudsari, Mohaddese ^a   Jesmi, Fatemeh ^a   Chaichian, Shahla ^c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Procalcitonin; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962923763     PISSN: 10161430     EISSN: 22516840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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