Diverticular disease

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 128-136

  Hulten L ^a   Haboubi, N Y ^b   Schofield, P F ^c,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001283880     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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