An analysis of the development of colonic diverticulosis in the Japanese

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2111-2116

  Takano, Masahiro ^a   Yamada, Kazutaka ^a   Sato, Koji ^a  

^a TAKANO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Colonic diverticulosis; Diverticular disease; Japan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; ENEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 29844437154     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-005-0111-z     Document Type: Article

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