Diagnostic value of procalcitonin for acute complicated appendicitis

Nagoya Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 79-88

  Yamashita, Hiromasa ^a   Yuasa, Norihiro ^a   Takeuchi, Eiji ^a   Goto, Yasutomo ^a   Miyake, Hideo ^a   Miyata, Kanji ^a   Kato, Hideki ^a   Ito, Masafumi ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS NAGOYA FIRST HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; C reactive protein; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994193682     PISSN: 00277622     EISSN: 21863326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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