Reduced risk of ulcerative colitis after appendicectomy

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7698, 2009, Pages 781-

  Timmer, Antje ^a   Obermeier, Florian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

APPENDECTOMY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK REDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

APPENDECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66749149424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b225     Document Type: Editorial

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