Diverticular disease in adolescence

Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 621-634

  Afzal, Nadeem Ahmad ^a   Thomson, Mike ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Colon; Diverticular disease; Diverticulitis; Diverticulosis; Large bowel; Young adult

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; METRONIDAZOLE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FISTULA; COLON OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGE; BARIUM ENEMA; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVERTICULITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; ULTRASOUND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 0036676628     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2002.0303     Document Type: Article

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