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Comparative Study of Alvarado Score and its Modifications in the Preoperative Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis at a Tertiary Center in Sokoto, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Decision-making in patients suspected of having acute appendicitis has remained a diagnostic challenge worldwide despite the advances in imaging and appendiceal surgery. There have been efforts to improve the diagnosis of appendicitis using clinical scoring systems. AIM: We evaluated and...

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Autores principales:	Umar, Muktar Muhammad, Abubakar, Ibrahim Umar, Agbo, Stephen P.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32165831 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/njs.NJS_46_19

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