Natural History of Asymptomatic Gallstones in Family Practice Office Practices

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-233

  Zubler, Jennifer ^a   Markowski, Geoffrey ^a   Yale, Sandra ^a   Graham, Robin ^a   Rosenthal, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032067763     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.7.3.230     Document Type: Article

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