Discriminatory capacity of serum interleukin-6 between complicated and uncomplicated acute appendicitis in children: a prospective validation study
Background: Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) has a moderate diagnostic performance in pediatric acute appendicitis (PAA). The evidence regarding its capacity to discern between complicated and uncomplicated PAA is scarce. Methods: We designed a prospective observational study to validate serum IL-6 as...
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| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | eng |
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Springer
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/65743 |