Diverticular disease of the colon

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-252

  Stollman, Neil H ^a   Raskin, Jeffrey B ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Colon Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Diverticulitis; Diverticulosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUCAGON; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABSCESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON MOTILITY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY FIBER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IRRITABLE COLON; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032843904     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199910000-00004     Document Type: Review

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