Epidemiology of gallstone disease in Argentina: Prevalences in the general population and European descendants

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2392-2398

  Brasca, Alfredo P ^a,b   Pezzotto, Stella M ^a,b   Berli, Daniel ^a,b   Villavicencio, Roberto ^a,b   Fay, Oscar ^a,b   Gianguzzo, Maria P ^a,b   Poletto, Leonor ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancestors' nationalities; Body mass index; Gallstone disease prevalence; Lipoproteins; Pregnancy number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARGENTINA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0034463280     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005647226746     Document Type: Article

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