Management of biliary tract stones in heart transplant patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-756

  Milas, Mira ^a   Ricketts, Richard R ^a,b   Richard Amerson, J ^a   Kanter, Kirk ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029997726     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199606000-00013     Document Type: Article

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