Abdominal symptoms: Do they predict gallstones? A systematic review

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-76

  Berger, M Y ^a,b,c   Van Der Velden, J J I M ^a,b,c   Lijmer, J G ^a,b,c   De Kort, H ^a,b,c   Prins, A ^a,b,c   Bohnen, A M ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal symptoms; Cholelithiasis; Diagnosis; Meta analysis; Review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE; ARTICLE; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; ORAL CHOLANGIOCHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033978578     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750024560     Document Type: Article

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