Biomarker of urinary 5-HIAA as a valuable predictor of acute appendicitis
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Is urinary 5-HIAA determination a valuable method in diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children?
The aim of the study is to investigate the significance of spot urine 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) levels in patients admitted with the suspicion of acute appendicitis. Seventy-one patients with the mean age of 9.4±2.9 years, who were admitted to our pediatric surgery clinic between August 2002 and March 2004 with the complaints of abdominal pain were evaluated prospectively. Additionall...
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عنوان ژورنال: Practical Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2352-5517
DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2020.e00198