Time dependent changes in the concentration and type of bacterial sequences found in cholesterol gallstones

Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 662-665

  Swidsinski, Alexander ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031938033     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510270304     Document Type: Article

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