Colonic diverticular disease in a multiracial Asian patient population has an ethnic predilection

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 871-875

  Rajendra, Shanmugarajah ^a   Ho, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Asians; Colonoscopy; Diverticulosis; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23044458133     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200508000-00015     Document Type: Article

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