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01-07-2015 | Letter to the Editor

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

Authors: Charlotte Louise Kvasnovsky, Savvas Papagrigoriadis

Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease | Issue 7/2015

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Dear Editor: …

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Title: Symptoms in patients with diverticular disease should not be labelled as IBS
Authors: Charlotte Louise Kvasnovsky
Savvas Papagrigoriadis
Publication date: 01-07-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-014-2086-5

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