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Incidence of appendicitis during pregnancy

Author(s) -

Roland E. Andersson,

Mats Lambe

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.6.1281

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , appendicitis , obstetrics , etiology , epidemiology , abortion , population , odds ratio , gestation , logistic regression , menstrual cycle , gynecology , surgery , hormone , biology , genetics , physics , environmental health , optics

The aetiology and pathogenesis of appendicitis remains unknown. A relation with female sex hormones has been proposed because of a lower incidence among women and incidence variations during the menstrual cycle, but studies have given inconsistent results. Pregnancy constitutes a period of dramatic increases in levels of female sex hormones, but the incidence of appendicitis during childbearing is not known.

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