What is the most beneficial diet for patients with diverticulosis?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 813-815

  Eglash, Anne ^a   Lane, Chris Hooper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISPAGULA; LACTULOSE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; BARIUM ENEMA; BRAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON DISEASE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LOW FAT DIET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FIBER; DIVERTICULOSIS, COLONIC; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 33748789337     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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