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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Main Authors: Scott Montgomery, Ayako Hiyoshi, Miguel Garcia-Argibay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-10-01
Series:BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001041.full
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