Management of gallstones and their complications

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1673-1680+1687

  Ahmed, Aijaz ^a   Cheung, Ramsey C ^a   Keeffe, Emmet B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE DISSOLUTION; HUMAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0342699742     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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