Morphological and demographic associations of biliary symptoms in subjects with gallstones: Findings from a population-based survey in Rosario, Argentina

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 577-581

  Brasca, A ^a,c   Berli, D ^c   Pezzotto, S M ^a,b   Gianguzzo, M P ^c   Villavicencio, R ^c   Fray, O ^c   Poletto, L ^b,d  

^a Rosario ^*  (Argentina)

^b School of Medicine   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^d Roberto Villavicencio Foundation   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biliary pain; Cholelithiasis; Gallstone characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036672802     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(02)80091-3     Document Type: Article

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