Clinical correlation of gallstone disease in a Chinese population in Taiwan: Experience at Cheng Hsin General Hospital

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1281-1286

  Liu, Chi Ming ^a,b   Tung, Tao Hsin ^a,b   Chou, Pesus ^a   Chen, Victor Tze Kai ^c,d,e   Hsu, Chung Te ^b   Chien, Wu Shyong ^b   Lin, Yeu Tyng ^b   Lu, Hsu Feng ^b   Shih, Hui Chuan ^f   Liu, Jorn Hon ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Gallstone disease; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33645530170     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i8.1281     Document Type: Article

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