The Obscured Gallbladder

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 675-677

  Bernstein, Douglas ^a   Soeffing, Janet ^b   Daoud, Yassine J ^b   Fradin, Joel ^b   Kravet, Steven J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPHYSEMATOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 34547440331     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.04.012     Document Type: Note

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