The role of appendicectomy in the subsequent development of inflammatory bowel disease: A UK-based study

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-513

  Singhal, Rishi ^a   Taylor, Jevan ^a   Owoniyi, Muyiwa ^a   El Khayat, Rami Hamadeh ^a   Tyagi, Satyendra K ^b   Corfield, Andrew P ^a  

^a HEREFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Murti Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Appendicectomy; Appendicitis; Crohn's disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953287697     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0865-1     Document Type: Article

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