Appendectomy and Protection against Ulcerative Colitis
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- 15 March 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (11) , 808-814
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200103153441104
Abstract
A history of appendectomy is rare in patients with ulcerative colitis. This suggests a protective effect of appendectomy or that appendicitis and ulcerative colitis are alternative inflammatory responses. We sought to characterize this inverse relation further.Keywords
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