The value of pancreatic stone protein in predicting acute appendicitis in patients presenting at the emergency department with abdominal pain

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP) is a protein naturally produced mainly in the pancreas and the gut. There is evidence from experimental and clinical trials that blood PSP levels rise in the presence of inflammation or infection. However, it is not known whether PSP is superior to other es...

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Autores principales: Tschuor, Christoph, Raptis, Dimitri Aristotle, Limani, Përparim, Bächler, Thomas, Oberkofler, Christian Eugen, Breitenstein, Stefan, Graf, Rolf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23098130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-154

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23098130
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-154

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