Emphysematous cholecystitis: An unusual presentation of a rare disease

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-30

  De Araujo, Daniel Brito ^a,c   Renck, Décio Valente ^b,c,f,g   De Britto, Marcelo A P ^c,d,h   Oliveira, Danise Senna ^c,e,i   Lauermann, Fernanda Tcatch ^c,j  

^a FAU XV de Novembre 666 / 608   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitário FAU   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Escola FAU

^e Grupo Hospitalar Conceicao   (Brazil)

^f Santa Casa de Pelotas Hospital   (Brazil)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^h Hospital Escola / UFPel

ⁱ Institute for Children with Diabetes   (Brazil)

^j Epidemiology Research Center

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 13444263310     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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