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Familial Risk of Appendicitis: A Nationwide Population Study.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2018
Li Hao-Ming, Yeh Lee-Ren, Huang Ying-Kai, Hsieh Mei-Yun, Yu Kuang-Hui, Kuo Chang-Fu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the familial risk of appendicitis in the general population. STUDY DESIGN: A nationwide, cross-sectional study consisting of 24 349 599 Taiwan National Health Insurance beneficiaries in 2015 was conducted. Among them, 788 042 individuals had at least 1 first-degree relative with appendicitis. The familial relative risks (RRs) of appendicitis and familial transmission were estimated....
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