Cholecystitis in Pregnancy

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-309

  Casey, Brian M ^a   Cox, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides species; biliary tract disease; cholelithiasis; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030404215     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744996000592     Document Type: Article

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