Diagnosis underlying appendectomy and coeliac disease risk

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 823-828

  Ludvigsson, J F ^a,b   Askling, J ^b   Ekbom, A ^b,c   Montgomery, S M ^a,b,d  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix; Autoimmune; Coeliac disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748948419     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.06.041     Document Type: Article

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