Review article: Uncomplicated diverticular disease of the colon

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1379-1391

  Petruzziello, L ^a,b   Iacopini, F ^a   Bulajic, M ^a   Shah, S ^a   Costamagna, G ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DICHLORQUINOLINOL; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MANNAN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESALAZINE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINOL DERIVATIVE; RIFAXIMIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLITIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON FLORA; COLON MOTILITY; DIETARY FIBER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTESTINE WALL; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLLAGEN; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MESALAMINE; PROBIOTICS; RIFAMYCINS; VISCERA;

EID: 33646245931     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02896.x     Document Type: Review

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