Differential diagnosis of gallstone-induced complications

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-264

  Ahmad, Mansoor ^a   Cheung, Ramsey C ^b   Keeffe, Emmet B ^b   Ahmed, Aijaz ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY COLIC; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE ILEUS; HYDROPS; LABORATORY TEST; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034018967     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200093030-00002     Document Type: Review

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