Long-Term Use of Steroids Protects from the Development of Symptomatic Diverticulitis Requiring Hospitalization in the Asian Population

• Shen-Shong Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shen-Shong Chang, Hsiao-Yun Hu

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei City Hospital Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei City Hospital Yang-Ming Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsiao-Yun Hu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shen-Shong Chang, Hsiao-Yun Hu

  * E-mail: hyhu@ym.edu.tw

  Affiliations Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Education and Research, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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