Association of MALTectomy (appendectomy and tonsillectomy) and inflammatory bowel disease: A familial case-control study

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 309-314

  Lopez Ramos D ^a   Gabriel, R ^a   Cantero Perona, J ^a   Moreno Otero, R ^a   Fernandez Bermejo M ^a   Maté Jiménez, José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Tonsillectomy; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TONSILLECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0035346390     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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