Eosinophilic dysplasia of the gallbladder: A hitherto undescribed variant identified in association with a "porcelain" gallbladder

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Fadare, Oluwole ^a,b   DeMartini, Steven D ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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EID: 34248175692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-1-15     Document Type: Article

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