Gallstones in chronic spinal cord injury: Is impaired gallbladder emptying a risk factor?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1136-1138

  Ketover, Scott R ^a   Ansel, Howard J ^b   Goldish, Gary ^b   Roche, Brenda ^b   Gebhard, Roger L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0029958665     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90136-7     Document Type: Article

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