A case of scrub typhus complicated by acute calculous cholecystitis

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 243-246

  Lee, Su Jin ^a   Cho, Young Hye ^a   Lee, Sang Yeoup ^a   Jeong, Dong Wook ^a   Choi, Eun Jung ^a   Kim, Yun Jin ^b   Lee, Jeong Gyu ^b   Lee, Yu Hyun ^a  

^a Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Gallstones; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868087784     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2012.33.4.243     Document Type: Article

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