Diverticular colitis - Therapeutic and aetiological considerations

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 208-212

  Evans, J P ^a   Cooper, J ^b   Roediger, W E W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crohn's colitis; Diverticular colitis; Diverticulitis; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CROHN DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0036265532     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-1318.2002.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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