Acute diverticulitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1521-1526

  Ferzoco, L B ^a   Raptopoulos, V ^a   Silen, W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLON SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; COLONIC DISEASES; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION;

EID: 0032554948     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805213382107     Document Type: Review

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