Impaired gallbladder motility in liver cirrhosis: Yes, but...[1] (multiple letters)

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3650-

  Dumitrascu, Dan L ^a   Acalovschi, Monica ^a   Kao, Chia Hung ^b  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033636918     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.03392.x     Document Type: Letter

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