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Why is the rate of perforated appendicitis higher in girls in eastern Turkey, unlike the literature?

AIM: Appendicitis is the most common cause of surgical abdominal pain in children. The incidence of appendicitis is higher in boys than girls. Delay in diagnosis may result in perforation of the appendix. Aim of this study is, to examine the terms of gender distribution of perforated appendicitis ca...

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Autores principales: Avci, Veli, Ayengin, Kemal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kare Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31217708
http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/TurkPediatriArs.2019.82956