Acute appendicitis and ulcerative colitis: a population-based sibling comparison study
Objective To assess the inverse relationship between acute appendicitis and ulcerative colitis (UC) using a sibling comparison design to adjust for unmeasured familial genetic and environmental factors.Design The cohort comprised 3.1 million individuals resident in Sweden between 1984 and 2018 with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2022-11-01
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| Series: | BMJ Open Gastroenterology |
| Online Access: | https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001041.full |