Prevalence and distribution of the colonic diverticulosis. Review of 417 cases from lower Silesia in Poland

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-285

  Blachut, Katarzyna ^a   Paradowski, Leszek ^a   Garcarek, Jerzy ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Colonic diverticulosis; Epidemiology; Large bowel contrast examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 11844271450     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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