Gallstone disease in children

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-265

  Svensson, Jan ^a   Makin, Erica ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biliary dyskinesia; Gallstones; Genetics; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Pathology; Single port cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DYSKINESIA; BLACK PIGMENT STONE; BROWN PIGMENT STONE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GALLSTONE; GILBERT DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE CANCER; LITHOTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STONE FORMATION; THALASSEMIA;

BILIARY DYSKINESIA; CHILD; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLSTONES; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; OBESITY; POSTCHOLECYSTECTOMY SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 84863828310     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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