Diagnostic value of blood inflammatory markers for detection of acute appendicitis in children

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis (AA) is a common surgical problem that is associated with an acute-phase reaction. Previous studies have shown that cytokines and acute-phase proteins are activated and may serve as indicators for the severity of appendicitis. The aim of this study was to compare diagn...

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Main Authors: Sack, Ulrich, Biereder, Birgit, Elouahidi, Tino, Bauer, Katrin, Keller, Thomas, Tröbs, Ralf-Bodo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1712352/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17132173
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-6-15
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