Laparoscopic diagnosis of gallbladder agenesis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-132

  Singh, B ^a   Moodley, J ^a   Haffejee, A A ^a   Rajaruthnam, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER AGENESIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030894627     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199704000-00012     Document Type: Article

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