Incidence and odds ratio of appendicitis as first manifestation of colon cancer: A retrospective analysis of 1873 patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1693-1696

  Lai, Hung Wen ^a   Loong, Che Chuan ^a,b   Tai, Ling Chen ^a   Wu, Chew Wun ^a   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Carcinoma; Colon cancer; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 33748768704     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04426.x     Document Type: Article

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