Time and rate of sinus formation in pilonidal sinus disease

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 359-364

  Doll, Dietrich ^a,b   Friederichs, Jan ^b   Dettmann, Heidi ^a   Boulesteix, Anne Laure ^b   Duesel, Wolfgang ^a   Petersen, Sven ^c  

^a University Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Bethesda Alligemeines Krankenhaus Bergedorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Etiology; Growth and development; Pilonidal sinus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PILONIDAL SINUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42649128091     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-007-0389-5     Document Type: Article

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