Diverticulitis of the Sigmoid Colon Complicated by Vertebral Osteomyelitis

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 162, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 661-663

  Van Dam, Henriette ^a,b   Lange, Johan F ^a  

^a St Clara Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOID; SPONDYLITIS; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SACRUM; SIGMOID DISEASES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 1542738403     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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