Sonographic evaluation of gallbladder volume and ejection fraction in obese women without gallstones

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 352-357

  Sari, Ramazan ^a   Balci, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Coban, Erkan ^a   Karayalcin, Umit ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Obesity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GALLSTONE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHOLELITHIASIS; FASTING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 0041508532     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10191     Document Type: Article

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