Gallbladder function and dynamics of bile flow in asymptomatic gallstone disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2763-2767

  Çerçi, Süreyya Sevim ^a   Özbek, Feride Meltem ^a   Çerçi, Celal ^a   Baykal, Bahattin ^a   Eroǧlu, Erol ^a   Baykal, Zeynep ^b   Yildiz, Mustafa ^a   Saǧlam, Semahat ^a   Yeşilaǧ, Ahmet ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Isparta Army Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic gallstone disease; Gallbladder function; Hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EJECTION FRACTION; GALLBLADDER FUNCTION; GALLBLADDER HALF EMPTYING TIME; GALLBLADDER TIME TO PEAK ACTIVITY; GALLBLADDER VISUALIZATION TIME; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651148209     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2763     Document Type: Article

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