Epidemiological similarities between appendicitis and diverticulitis suggesting a common underlying pathogenesis

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-314

  Livingston, Edward H ^a,b,c   Fomby, Thomas B ^d   Woodward, Wayne A ^d   Haley, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952854028     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.2     Document Type: Article

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