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Reduced risk of UC in families affected by appendicitis: a Danish national cohort study.
Gut - 1 Aug 2017
Nyboe Andersen Nynne, Gørtz Sanne, Frisch Morten, Jess Tine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The possible aetiological link between appendicitis and UC remains unclear. In order to investigate the hereditary component of the association, we studied the risk of UC in family members of individuals with appendicitis. DESIGN: A cohort of 7.1 million individuals was established by linkage of national registers in Denmark with data on kinship and diagnoses of appendicitis and UC. Poisson regression...
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