Bleeding colonic diverticula

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1156-1158

  Lewis, Myron ^a  

^a Memphis Gastroenterology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Diverticula; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149240342     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181862ad1     Document Type: Article

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