Bacterial DNA in mixed cholesterol gallstones

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3502-3506

  Lee, Dong Ki ^a   Tarr, Phillip I ^a   Haigh, W Geoffrey ^a   Lee, Sum P ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345201791     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00673-5     Document Type: Article

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