Gallstone prevalence in Germany the Ulm Gallbladder Stone Study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1285-1291

  Kratzer, W ^a,b   Kachele V ^a   Mason, R A ^a   Hill, V ^a   Hay, B ^a   Haug, C ^a   Adler, G ^a   Beckh, K ^a   Muche, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gallstones; Heredity; Obesity; Pregnancy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031798647     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018816109905     Document Type: Article

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