Appendectomy, tonsillectomy, and risk of inflammatory bowel disease: Case-controlled study in Crete

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-230

  Koutroubakis, I E ^a   Vlachonikolis, I G ^b   Kapsoritakis, A ^a   Spanoudakis, S ^a   Roussomoustakaki, M ^a   Mouzas, I A ^a   Kouroumalis, E A ^a   Manousos, O N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Crohn's disease; Environmental factors; Immunology; Tonsillectomy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TONSILLECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0033007461     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237133     Document Type: Article

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