Prevalence and characteristics of gallstone disease in an Iranian population: A study on cadavers

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 509-512

  Farzaneh, Esmaail ^a   Zavvareh, Hassan Tofighi ^a   Gharadaghi, Jaber ^a   Sheikhvatan, Mehrdad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cadavers; Common bile duct; Gallbladder; Gallstone; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; BILE SALT; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; URATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STONE FORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXALATES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34948876941     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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