Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 98-101 , February 2011

Cigarette smoking and appendectomy: Effect on clinical course of diverticulosis

  • Paolo Usai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Cagliari University, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Internal Medicine, Cagliari University, A.O.U. Policlinico di Monserrato 09042, SS 554 4,500 Km Monserrato, Italy. Tel.: +39 070 6754272; fax: +39 070 510245.
    • ,
  • Ivan Ibba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Cagliari University, Italy
    • ,
  • Mariantonia Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Cagliari University, Italy
    • ,
  • Maria Francesca Boi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Cagliari University, Italy
    • ,
  • Maria Flavia Savarese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
    • ,
  • Rosario Cuomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe D’Alia

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Cagliari University, Italy
    • ,
  • Sergio Gemini

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Surgery Care, San Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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  • Giacomo Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Science and Biomedical Technology, Cagliari University, Italy
    • ,
  • Paolo Contu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Cagliari University, Italy

Received 1 February 2010 ,Accepted 9 May 2010.

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