Diverticular Disease of the Colon

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  Fox, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Stollman, Neil H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c Summitt Medical Center   (United States)

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