Diverticulitis, an increasing problem among the elderly;Divertikulit ökände problem bland aldre: Orsakar betydande morbiditet och mortalitet

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 43, 1997, Pages 3837-3842

  Larsson, Per Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS;

EID: 0031583629     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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