Stability in incidence of acute appendicitis: A population-based longitudinal study

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-66

  Körner, Hartwig ^a   Söreide, Jon Arne ^a   Pedersen, Erik J ^a   Bru, Tore ^a   Söndenaa, Karl ^a   Vatten, Lars ^b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnosis; Histology; Incidence; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035100022     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050099     Document Type: Article

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