Pattern of gall stone disease in Madras City, South India - A hospital based survey

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 461-464

  Jayanthi, V ^a  

^a Kilpauk Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030177938     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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