Dengue fever related acalculous cholecystitis in a North Indian tertiary care hospital

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 664-667

  Sharma, Navneet ^a   Mahi, Sushil ^a   Bhalla, Ashish ^a   Singh, Virendra ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a   Ratho, Radha Kanta ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acalculous cholecystitis; Acute cholecystitis; Dengue fever; Gallbladder; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 33645848489     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04295.x     Document Type: Article

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