Appendectomy and protection against ulcerative colitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 808-814

  Andersson, Roland E ^a   Olaison, Gunnar ^b   Tysk, Curt ^c   Ekbom, Anders ^d,e  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK;

EID: 0035869415     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200103153441104     Document Type: Article

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