title: The acute abdomen in childhood.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Service, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Harberg
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous