Composition of Gallstones and Sequential Events in Biliary Lithogenesis - Is It Different in South India Compared to North?

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 885-890

  Amin, A M ^a   Ananthakrishnan, N ^a   Nambinarayanan, T K ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034276791     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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