Association between tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and appendicitis;Asociación entre amigdalectomía, adenoidectomía y apendicitis

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Andreu Ballester, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Ballester, F ^b   Colomer Rubio, E ^a   Millan Scheiding M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenoidectomy; Appendicitis; Malt system; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 18744366938     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-01082005000300006     Document Type: Article

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