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1 DAFTAR PUSTAKA 1. Kwan KY, Nager AL. Diagnosing pediatric appendicitis. usefulness of laboratory markers.2010;(2):1 2. Khan MN, Davie E, Irshad K: The role of white cell count and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2004, 16 (3): Groselj-Grenc M, Repše S, Vidmar D, Derganc M: Clinical and Laboratory Methods in Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Children. Croat Med J. 2007, 48: Garcia Pena BM, Cook EF, Mandl KD: Selective imaging strategies for the diagnosis of appendicitis in children. Pediatrics. 2004, 113: Gurleyik E, Gurleyik G, Unalmişer S: Accuracy of serum C-reactive protein measurements in diagnosis of acute appendicitis compared with surgeon's clinical impression. Dis Colon Rectum. 1995, 38 (12): Mohammed AA, Daghman NA, Aboud SM, Oshibi HO: The diagnostic value of C- reactive protein, white blood cell count and neutrophil percentage in childhood appendicitis. Saudi Med J. 2004, 25 (9): Shakhatreh HS: The accuracy of C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis compared with that of clinical diagnosis. Med Arh. 2000, 54 (2): Kim-Choy N, Shin-Wei L: Clinical Analysis of the related factors in Acute Appendicitis. Yale J Biol Med. 2002, 75:

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5 37. Mohammed AA, Daghman NA, Aboud SM, Oshibi HO: The diagnostic value of C- reactive protein, white blood cell count and neutrophil percentage in childhood appendicitis. Saudi Med J 2004, 25(9): Salem TA, Molloy RG, O dwyer PJ: Prospective study on the role of C- reactive protein (CRP) in patients with an acute abdomen. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2007, 89: Dahlan M. Langkah langkah Membuat Proposal Penelitian Bidang Kedokteran dan Kesehatan. Jakarta: Sagung Seto; Blakstad O. in Non Probability Sampling. Retrieve from diunduh tanggal 20 september

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