A hypothesis: Is diverticulitis a type of inflammatory bowel disease?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Floch, Martin H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MESALAZINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE COURSE; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 33746854577     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225502.29498.ba     Document Type: Review

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