Diverticulitis in the young patient - Is it different?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2932-2935

  Lahat, Adi ^a,b   Menachem, Yoram ^a,b   Avidan, Benjamin ^a,b   Yanai, Henit ^a,b   Sakhnini, Emad ^a,b   Bardan, Eytan ^a,b   Bar Meir, Simon ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Diverticulitis; Sigmoidectomy; Young patient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOIDECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 33744471929     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i18.2932     Document Type: Article

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