Right colonic diverticulitis: US and CT findings - New insights about frequency and natural history

Radiology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 611-618

  Oudenhoven, Louk F I J ^a   Koumans, Robert K J ^a   Puylaert, Julien B C M ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colon, CT; Colon, diverticula; Colon, US

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031751981     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.208.3.9722836     Document Type: Article

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