Risk factors, complications, and outcomes of gallstones in children: A single-center review

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Bogue, Conor O ^a   Murphy, Amanda J ^b   Gerstle, J Ted ^c   Moineddin, Rahim ^d   Daneman, Alan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b Department of Pediatric Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c Hospital for Sick Children   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biliary calculi; Children; Choledocholithiasis; Cholelithiasis; Gallstones

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; DIURETIC AGENT;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIURETIC THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPHEROCYTOSIS; STATISTICS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRISOMY 21;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649317597     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181b99c72     Document Type: Review

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