Possible cytokine biomarkers in pediatric acute appendicitis

• Main Authors: Nikola Stankovic (Author), Maja Surbatovic (Author), Ivan Stanojevic (Author), Radoje Simić (Author), Slavisa Djuricic (Author), Maja Milickovic (Author), Blagoje Grujic (Author), Djordje Savic (Author), Vesna Milojkovic Marinovic (Author), Miona Stankovic (Author), Danilo Vojvodic (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) and decisions about its treatment remain among the most common dilemmas of pediatric surgical teams. Monitoring of immune response may be of importance for this purpose. Our aim was to measure and analyze serum and peritoneal fluid cytokines,...