To date, it has never been established which symptoms are specifically caused by stones in the gallbladder. To examine this issue, the relationship between occurrence of gallstone disease diagnosed by ultrasonography and complaints about abdominal pain and discomfort was assessed in a random sample
Epidemiology of Gallstone Disease in Argentina:
β Scribed by Alfredo P. Brasca; Stella M. Pezzotto; Daniel Berli; Roberto Villavicencio; Oscar Fay; Maria P. Gianguzzo; Leonor Poletto
- Book ID
- 110226799
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 384 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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