Review article: The pathogenesis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-370

  Humes, D J ^a   Spiller, R C ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MESALAZINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC; DIVERTICULUM, COLON; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OBESITY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892892475     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12596     Document Type: Article

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