Appendicitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and subsequent risk of ulcerative colitis: cohort studies in Sweden and denmark

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7698, 2009, Pages 808-811

  Frisch, Morten ^a   Pedersen, Bo V ^a   Andersson, Roland E Andersson ^b,c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849131056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b716     Document Type: Article

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