Risk factors for symptomatic gallstones in patients with liver cirrhosis: A case-control study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1856-1860

  Acalovschi, Monica ^a   Blendea, Dan ^b   Feier, Cristina ^b   Letia, Alfred I ^b   Ratiu, Nadia ^b   Dumitrascu, Dan L ^b   Veres, Adina ^b  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0042073116     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(03)00509-4     Document Type: Article

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