The negative association between appendectomy and ulcerative colitis reflects causal relationship

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-216

  Peeters, M ^a   Rutgeerts, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 6744240708     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.3780020309     Document Type: Short Survey

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