An investigation of diverticular disease among black patients undergoing colonoscopy at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa | Zendy

Muhammed Vally | Zendy; Modise Zacharia Koto | Zendy; M. Govender | Zendy

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An investigation of diverticular disease among black patients undergoing colonoscopy at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa

Author(s) -

Muhammed Vally,

Modise Zacharia Koto,

M. Govender

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

south african medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 2078-5135

pISSN - 0256-9574

DOI - 10.7196/samj.2017.v107i2.12007

Subject(s) - medicine , diverticular disease , colonoscopy , retrospective cohort study , population , diverticulosis , socioeconomic status , disease , inclusion and exclusion criteria , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer , pathology , alternative medicine , environmental health

Diverticular disease was previously thought to be non-existent in the black African population. Studies over the past four decades, however, have shown a steady increase in the prevalence of the disease.

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