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Biomarker of urinary 5-HIAA as a valuable predictor of acute appendicitis

BACKGROUND: Serotonin-containing cells are abundantly found in the appendix. Studies have shown that acute appendicitis is likely to be characterized by altered urinary 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5-HIAA), an active serotonin metabolite. The aim of this study is to investigate the diagnostic potent...

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Autores principales: Haji Maghsoudi, Leila, Soltanian, Ali, Shirzadi, Alireza, Alizadeh-Kashani, Reza, Ahmadinejad, Mojtaba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33365378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plabm.2020.e00198