Sex-based differences in gallbladder cancer associated with pancreaticobiliary maljunction

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 81, 2008, Pages 21-23

  Kamisawa, Terumi ^a   Munakata, Wataru ^a   Tu, Yuyang ^a   Egawa, Naoto ^a   Tsuruta, Kouji ^a   Okamoto, Atsutake ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Pancreaticobiliary maljunction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT MALFORMATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLSTONE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATICOBILIARY MALJUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC DUCTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 41549100049     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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