Recurrent diverticulitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1130-1134

  Comparato, Giuseppe ^a   Di Mario, Francesco ^b  

^a Ospedale Pietro da Saliceto   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diverticula; Diverticulitis; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

MANNAN; MESALAZINE; RIFAXIMIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON RESECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; AGED; COLON DISEASE; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIGMOID;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON, SIGMOID; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 58149263526     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181886ee4     Document Type: Article

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