Medical management of diverticular disease

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 611-620

  Murray, Charles D R ^a   Emmanuel, Anton V ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary fibre; Diverticular disease; Functional gastrointestinal disease; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; LAXATIVE; OSMOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; RIFAXIMIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; DIVERTICULOSIS; HYPOTHESIS;

DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036674769     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2002.0301     Document Type: Article

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