Development and validation of an endoscopic classification of diverticular disease of the colon: The DICA classification

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-76

  Tursi, Antonio ^a   Brandimarte, Giovanni ^b   Di Mario, Francesco ^c   Andreoli, Arnaldo ^d   Annunziata, Maria Laura ^e   Astegiano, Marco ^f   Bianco, Maria Antonietta ^g   Buri, Luigi ^h   Cammarota, Giovanni ⁱ   Capezzuto, Erminio ^j   Chilovi, Fausto ^k   Cianci, Massimo ^l   Conigliaro, Rita ^m   Del Favero, Giuseppe ⁿ   Di Cesare, Luigi ^b   Di Fonzo, Michela ^b   Elisei, Walter ^o   Faggiani, Roberto ^p   Farroni, Ferruccio ^q   Forti, Giacomo ^r   Germanà, Bastianello ^s   Giorgetti, Gian Marco ^t   Giovannone, Maurizio ^u   Lecca, Piera Giuseppina ^b   Loperfido, Silvano ^c   Marmo, Riccardo ^v   Morucci, Piero ^b   Occhigrossi, Giuseppe ^w   Penna, Antonio ^x   Rossi, Alfredo Francesco ^y   Spadaccini, Antonio ^z   Zampaletta, Costantino ^p   Zilli, Maurizio ^aa   Zullo, Angelo ^ab   Scarpignato, Carmelo ^ac   Picchio, Marcello ^ad   more..

^a ASL BAT Andria   (Italy)

^b Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

^c CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^f MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g Division of Gastroenterology T Maresca Hospital   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^j GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

^k CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^l Pierangeli Home Care   (Italy)

^m New Civil Hospital sant'Agostino Estense   (Italy)

ⁿ ULSS 18   (Italy)

^o ASL RMH   (Italy)

^p BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^q ASL3 Umbria   (Italy)

^r SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^s SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^t S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^u PO S Camillo De Lellis   (Italy)

^v Ospedale L Curto   (Italy)

^w SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x Division of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

^y OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^z Padre Pio Hospital   (Italy)

^aa SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ab NUOVO REGINA MARGHERITA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^ad Hospital P Colombo   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Diverticular disease of the colon; Endoscopic classification

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVERTICULAR INFLAMMATION AND COMPLICATION ASSESSMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; CLASSIFICATION; COLON; COMPLICATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

COLON; DIVERTICULUM; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84899451700     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000366039     Document Type: Review

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