Acute Appendicitis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1204-1211

  Wei, Po Li ^a,b   Keller, Joseph J ^a,c   Liang, Hung Hua ^a,b   Lin, Herng Ching ^d  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TAIWAN;

APPENDICITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84862786879     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-012-1858-x     Document Type: Article

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