Association of hemorrhoidal disease with diarrheal disorders: Potential pathogenic relationship?

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-221

  Johanson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anorectal Neoplasm; Diarrhea; Epidemiology of Hemorrhoids; Hemorrhoids; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ANUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; DIARRHEA; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0031019921     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02054991     Document Type: Article

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