Appendicectomy, tonsillectomy, and inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control record linkage study.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine whether appendicectomy and tonsillectomy are associated with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD); and, if so, whether the associations are related to age at operation. DESIGN: Nested case-control studies using a longitudinal database of linked hospital...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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