The effect of season and Ramadan fasting on the onset of acute cholecystitis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 503-506

  Hosseini, Seyed V ^a,c   Torabijahromi, Mahsa ^a   Mosallaei, Mahnaz ^a   Sabet, Babak ^a   Pourahmad, Saeedeh ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GALLSTONE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOSLEM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645687186     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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