Appendectomy and the clinical course of ulcerative colitis: A retrospective cohort study and a nested case-control study from Korea

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 470-477

  Lee, Ho Su ^a   Park, Sang Hyoung ^a   Yang, Suk Kyun ^a   Kim, Seon Ok ^a   Soh, Jae Seung ^a   Lee, Seohyun ^a   Bae, Jung Ho ^a   Lee, Hyo Jeong ^a   Yang, Dong Hoon ^a   Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Ye, Byong Duk ^a   Byeon, Jeong Sik ^a   Myung, Seung Jae ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendix; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; MERCAPTOPURINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLECTOMY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROBABILITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923261491     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12707     Document Type: Article

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