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Editorial

. 2018 Jun;16(6):817-818.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.11.020. Epub 2017 Nov 15.

Does Subclinical Inflammation Play a Role in the Pathogenesis of Diverticulosis?

Wenjie Ma¹, Andrew T Chan²

Affiliations

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29155169
PMCID: PMC6347017
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.11.020

Editorial

Does Subclinical Inflammation Play a Role in the Pathogenesis of Diverticulosis?

Wenjie Ma et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;16(6):817-818.

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.11.020. Epub 2017 Nov 15.

Authors

Wenjie Ma¹, Andrew T Chan²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 29155169
PMCID: PMC6347017
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.11.020

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The authors disclose no conflicts

Comment in

Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease: Chronic Abdominal Pain in Diverticulosis Is Not Enough to Make the Diagnosis.
Tursi A, Scarpignato C. Tursi A, et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Dec;16(12):2001-2002. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.06.033. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018. PMID: 30454933 No abstract available.

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Colonic Diverticula Are Not Associated With Mucosal Inflammation or Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms.
Peery AF, Keku TO, Addamo C, McCoy AN, Martin CF, Galanko JA, Sandler RS. Peery AF, et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Jun;16(6):884-891.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2017.05.051. Epub 2017 Jun 8. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018. PMID: 28603053 Free PMC article.

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