Acalculous gallbladder pain: A largely unrecognised entity

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1087, 1999, Pages 152-154

  Jourdan, J L ^a,b   Stubbs, R S ^a,b  

^a Wakefield Clin Gastrointest Dis   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033553465     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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