Giant diverticula of the colon: A clinical assessment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1092-1096

  Carias De Oliveira, N ^a   Welch, John P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS;

EID: 0030744341     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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