Calcium carbonate gallstones in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1677-1682

  Stringer, Mark D ^a   Soloway, Roger D ^b   Taylor, Donald R ^b   Riyad, Kallingal ^a   Toogood, Giles ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Gallbladder; Gallstones

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CHOLESTEROL; COMORBIDITY; CYSTIC DUCT; ENGLAND; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 34848838241     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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