Symptoms in patients with diverticular disease should not be labelled as IBS

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 995-

  Kvasnovsky, Charlotte Louise ^a   Papagrigoriadis, Savvas ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; COMPLICATION; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE;

DIVERTICULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 84931574809     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: 14321262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-014-2086-5     Document Type: Letter

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