Gallbladder disease

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7200, 1999, Pages 1745-

  Bateson, Malcolm C ^a  

^a BISHOP AUCKLAND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLSTONE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033606498     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1745     Document Type: Article

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