Hemorrhagic cholecystitis after anticoagulation therapy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-339

  Chen, Yi Ya ^a   Yi, Chih Hsun ^a   Chen, Chien Lin ^a   Huang, Shih Che ^b,c   Hsu, Yung Hsiang ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallbladder cancer; Hemobilia; Hemocholecyst; Hemorrhagic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 77958006820     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e9563e     Document Type: Article

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