Appendicitis, not appendectomy, is protective against ulcerative colitis, both in the general population and first-degree relatives of patients with IBD
Inflamm Bowel Dis
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2010 Feb;16(2):356-7.
doi: 10.1002/ibd.21064.
Authors
Laurent Beaugerie
1
,
Harry Sokol
Affiliation
1
Department of Gastroenterology, AP-HP Hôpital Saint-Antoine, UPMC University of Paris, Paris, France.
PMID:
19685454
DOI:
10.1002/ibd.21064
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