The diagnostic criteria for right colonic diverticulitis: Prospective evaluation of 100 patients

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1151-1157

  Lee, In Kyu ^a,c   Jung, Seung Eun ^a   Gorden, D Lee ^b   Lee, Yoon Suk ^a   Jung, Dae Young ^a   Oh, Seong Taek ^a   Kim, Jun Gi ^a   Jeon, Hae Myung ^a   Chang, Suk Kyun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ascending colon; Diagnosis; Diverticulitis; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56749107258     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-008-0512-2     Document Type: Article

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