Treatment of gallstones in the 1990s

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 497-513

  Giurgiu, D I N ^a   Roslyn, J J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029792492     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70343-2     Document Type: Article

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