Gallbladder volume in adults and its relationship to age, sex, body mass index, body surface area and gallstones. An epidemiologic study in a nonselected population in France

Digestion

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 344-348

  Caroli Bosc, F X ^a,b,c   Pugliese, P ^a   Peten, E P ^a   Demarquay, J F ^a   Montet, J C ^a,b   Hastier, P ^a   Staccini, P ^a   Delmont, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gallbladder volume; Lithiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033014739     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007681     Document Type: Article

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