Limited information is available on the prevalence of gallstones in the first-degree relatives of gallstone patients. Three groups of subjects were studied by realtime ultrasound examination: group A, 105 index gallstone patients (male/female; 2085); group B, 330 firstdegree relatives of index patie
High familial prevalence of gallstones in the first-degree relatives of gallstone patients*1
โ Scribed by SARIN, S
- Book ID
- 122784703
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 502 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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