Positive predictive values of the international classification of disease, 10th edition diagnoses codes for diverticular disease in the Danish National Registry of Patients

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Erichsen, Rune ^a   Strate, Lisa ^b   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Baron, John A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon; Diverticulitis; Diverticulum; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

EID: 78650573588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S13293     Document Type: Article

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