Acute acalculous cholecystitis in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-128

  Romero Ganuza, Francisco J ^a   La Banda, Faustino ^a   Montalvo, Roque ^a   Mazaira, Jesús ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Digestive complications; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 8044233699     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100360     Document Type: Article

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