The clinical factors for predicting severe diverticulitis in Korea: A comparison with western countries

Gut and Liver

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-85

  Kim, Sun Young ^a   Oh, Tae Hoon ^a   Seo, Ji Young ^a   Jeon, Tae Joo ^a   Seo, Dong Dae ^a   Shin, Won Chang ^a   Choi, Won Choong ^a   Jeong, Myeong Ja ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diverticulitis; Diverticulosis; Location; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON PERFORATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KOREA; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERITONITIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

EID: 84862963203     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2012.6.1.78     Document Type: Article

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