Solubility of cholesterol in the crystal-free gallbladder bile of gallstone patients
✍ Scribed by Dieter Jüngst; Evi Gussmann; Benedikta Zündt; Günther Meyer; Christoph Jüngst; Reginald Del Pozo; Sven Fischer
- Book ID
- 113772510
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-6543
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