Management of gallstones

American Family Physician

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 637-642

  Bellows, Charles F ^a,c   Berger, David H ^a,c   Crass, Richard A ^b,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; GALLSTONES; HUMANS;

EID: 23844448653     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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