Choledocholithiasis presenting with very high transaminase level

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Agahi, Amy ^a   McNair, Alistair ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BALLOON CATHETER; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84872188165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007268     Document Type: Article

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