Prevalence and incidence of gallstones in liver cirrhosis.
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- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 32 (10) , 1061-1065
Abstract
Our aim was to assess the prevalence and incidence of gallstone disease in patients with liver cirrhosis and to identify risk factors for cholecystolithiasis.Keywords
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