Diverticulitis: New frontiers for an old country: Risk factors and pathogenesis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1128-1129

  Korzenik, Joshua R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Epidemiology; Intestinal microbiome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58149234435     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318188adb1     Document Type: Article

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