Agenesis of the gallbladder: Difficulties in management

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 671-675

  Bani Hani, Kamal E ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Anomaly; Cholecystectomy; Congenital anomaly; Gallbladder; Gallbladder agenesis; Gallbladder anomalies; Gallbladder diseases; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER AGENESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 19544374167     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03740.x     Document Type: Review

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