Association between pregnancy and acute appendicitis in South Korea: A population-based, cross-sectional study

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 75-79

  Yuk, Jin Sung ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^b   Hur, Jun Young ^b   Shin, Jung Ho ^b  

^a MizMedi Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Appendicitis; Pregnancy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882354970     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2013.85.2.75     Document Type: Article

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