Nationwide epidemiological study of severe gallstone disease in Taiwan

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-

  Huang, John ^a   Chang, Chia Hsuin ^a   Wang, Juin Ling ^b   Kuo, Hsu Ko ^a   Lin, Jou Wei ^a   Shau, Wen Yi ^c   Lee, Po Huang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Center for Drug Evaluation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349590275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-63     Document Type: Article

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