Gallbladder polyps: Epidemiology, natural history and management

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-194

  Myers, Robert P ^a   Shaffer, Eldon A ^a   Beck, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Gallbladder neoplasms; Gallbladder polyps; Gallstones; Surgery; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGE; BENIGN TUMOR; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036109788     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/787598     Document Type: Review

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