Acute acalculous cholecystitis: An unusual presenting feature of Churg-Strauss vasculitis

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Francescutti, Valerie ^a   Ellis, Anne K ^a   Bourgeois, Jacqueline M ^a   Ward, Colin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 57149088499     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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