Gallstone composition: Are children different?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Stringer, Mark D ^a   Taylor, Donald R ^b   Soloway, Roger D ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037398455     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2003.159     Document Type: Article

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