Structural analysis of gallstones with thin-section petrographic microscopy: A study of 100 gallstones from Taiwanese patients

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 387-390

  Liu, Jung Sen ^b   Huang, Ching Shui ^a   Lien, Heng Hui ^b  

^a Section 4   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036913972     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mlc.2002.129309     Document Type: Article

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