Relation between the risk of gallstone pancreatitis and characteristics of gallstone in Korea

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 32, 2000, Pages 343-345

  Kim, Wook Hwan ^a   Lee, Kuk Jong ^a   Yoo, Byeong Moo ^a   Kim, Jin Hong ^a   Kim, Myung Wook ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gallstone; Korea; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; KOREA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034001012     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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