Appendectomy and subsequent risk of inflammatory bowel diseases

Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-43

  Frisch, Morten ^a,b,c   Johansen, Christoffer ^a,b,c   Mellemkjær, Lene ^a,b,c   Engels, Eric A ^a,b,c   Gridley, Gloria ^a,b,c   Biggar, Robert J ^a,b,c   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a,b,c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DENMARK; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0034944311     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2001.115362     Document Type: Article

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