Long-standing colonic inflammation is associated with a low prevalence of diverticula in inflammatory bowel disease patients

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-736

  Lahat, Adi ^a,b   Avidan, Benjamin ^a   Bar Meir, Simon ^a   Chowers, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colitis; Diverticulosis; IBD; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; ISRAEL; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250324199     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20065     Document Type: Article

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