Acute acalculous cholecystitis in young patients without predisposing factors

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-368

  Parithivel, Vellore S ^a   Gerst, Paul H ^a   Banerjee, Subhendra ^a   Parikh, Virendra ^a   Albu, Eugene ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344178143     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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