A patient with abdominal pain and markedly elevated transaminase levels after cholecystectomy

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 468-472

  Keswani, Rajesh N ^a   Hart, John ^a   Mohanty, Smruti R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TRANSAMINASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747029481     PISSN: 17434378     EISSN: 17434386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0556     Document Type: Article

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