Gallstones in spinal cord injury (SCI): A late medical complication?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 105-108

  Rotter, K P ^a   Larrain C G ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL TRABAJADOR   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallstones; Risk factors; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0037317106     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101408     Document Type: Article

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