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Surgical diverticulitis is not associated with defects in the expression of wound healing genes.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Sept 2015
Connelly Tara M, Berg Arthur S, Harris Leonard R, Tappouni Rafel, Brinton Dave, Deiling Sue, Koltun Walter A
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PURPOSE: The development of diverticuli may represent defects in collagen vascular tissue integrity possibly from a genetic predisposition. We evaluated the tissue expression of wound healing genes in sigmoid tissue from youthful patients undergoing surgery for diverticulitis and thus would more likely suffer from a genetic predisposition (SD mean age 39 ± 0.9) versus controls in the form of patients over the age...
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