Giant true diverticulum of sigmoid colon

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2267-2268

  Grover, H ^a,b   Nair, S ^a   Hertan, H ^a  

^a Our Lady of Mercy Cancer Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HUMANS; MALE; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0032451394     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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