Relative prevalence of gallstone diseases in Taiwan
β Scribed by Cheng-Hsi Su; Wing-Yiu Lui; Fang-Ku P'eng
- Book ID
- 112509126
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
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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