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. 2021 May;160(6):2172-2174.e3.
doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.01.200. Epub 2021 Jan 20.

Recent, Mid, and Late Adulthood Antibiotic Use Are Associated With Subsequent Risk of Diverticulitis

Long H Nguyen  1 , Chuan-Guo Guo  2 , Wenjie Ma  1 , Edward L Giovannucci  3 , Lisa L Strate  4 , Andrew T Chan  5
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Recent, Mid, and Late Adulthood Antibiotic Use Are Associated With Subsequent Risk of Diverticulitis

Long H Nguyen et al. Gastroenterology. 2021 May.
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