Increased risk of surgery in undiagnosed celiac disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2206-2208

  Ciacci, Carolina ^a   Cavallaro, Raimondo ^a   Romano, Rita ^a   Galletta, Diana Scotti ^a   Marino, Maria ^a   Labanca, Flora ^a   Donisi, Mario ^a   Mazzacca, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Celiac disease; Cesarean section; Cosmetic surgery; Misdiagnosis; Surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0034788482     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011919100259     Document Type: Article

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