Role of appendectomy and tonsillectomy in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1567-1569

  Minocha, Anil ^a,b   Raczkowski, Carl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UH7NP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Tonsillectomy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TONSILLECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0030752352     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018847617560     Document Type: Article

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