title: Recurrent and chronic appendicitis: assessment of a new maneuver as a screening test.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Abbas
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Banani
authors.forename: Seyed Javad
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Banani
authors.forename: Mehra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modjallal
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult