Diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1154-1155

  Sachar, David B ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1069 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Diverticulitis; HIV; Immunosuppression; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS LOAD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 58149250686     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181862ac1     Document Type: Article

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