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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2011; 17(8): 1009-1017
Published online Feb 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.1009
Published online Feb 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i8.1009
Demographic determinants of risk, colon distribution and density scores of diverticular disease
Mark Golder, Centre for Academic Surgery, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom
Irina Chis Ster, MRC centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University College, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
Pratusha Babu, Amita Sharma, Muhammad Bayat, Abdulkadir Farah, Department of Radiology, University Hospital Lewisham, London, SE13 6LH, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Golder M was responsible for overall coordination of the study, for data analysis and for drafting the paper; Chis Ster I was responsible for the statistical analysis and its interpretation and contributed to the drafting of the paper; Babu P was responsible for collection of data and for its organisation prior to analysis; Farah A, Bayat M and Sharma A were responsible for analysis of barium enema examinations; all investigators revised the final report and agreed to its final form.
Supported by The University Hospital Lewisham
Correspondence to: Mark Golder, PhD, FRCS (Gen), Centre for Academic Surgery, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom. email@msgolder.co.uk
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Received: September 17, 2010
Revised: November 30, 2010
Accepted: December 7, 2010
Published online: February 28, 2011
Revised: November 30, 2010
Accepted: December 7, 2010
Published online: February 28, 2011
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