CT and clinical features of acute diverticulitis in an urban U.S. population: Rising frequency in young, obese adults

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 689-694

  Zaidi, Eram ^a   Daly, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; CT; Diverticulitis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; ARTICLE; DIVERTICULITIS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33748473424     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0033     Document Type: Review

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