Appendectomy in adulthood and the risk of inflammatory bowel diseases

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1175-1177

  Frisch, Morten ^a   Gridley, G ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Crohn disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036795856     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655202760373380     Document Type: Article

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