Heredity and familial tendency of acute appendicitis

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-292

  Ergul, Emre ^a,b  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Emergency; Familial tendency; Family history; Genetics; Heredity; Twins

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MEDLINE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TWINS;

EID: 37749014143     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690709600405     Document Type: Article

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