Diverticular disease of the colon and megacolon. Incidence in a psychiatric centre compared with a teaching hospital
Goulston, E.
Medical Journal of Australia 2(23): 863-864
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X PMID: 1018650 Document Number: 98641
A five-year survey of hospital admissions at a modern mental hospital reveals a rarity in the incidence of diverticular disease of the colon and its complications and a greatly increased frequency of idiopathic megacolon and its complications compared with patients admitted to a general hospital.