Pathophysiology of cholesterol gallstone disease

Biliary Lithiasis: Basic Science, Current Diagnosis and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 19-49

  Portincasa, Piero ^a   Moschetta, Antonio ^a,b   Di Ciaula, Agostino ^c   Pontrelli, Daniela ^a   Sasso, Rosa C ^a   Wang, Helen H ^d   Wang, David Q H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^c Hospital of Bisceglie   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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