Is biliary pain exlusively related to gallbladder stones? A controlled prospective study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 505, 2004, Pages 574-579

  Berger, Marjolein Y ^a   olde Hartman, Tim C ^b   van der Velden, J I M ^c   Bohnen, Arthur M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Departments of Intervention Radiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Cholelithiasis; Laparoscopic; Prognosis; Prospective studies; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4344632126     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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