Gallstones

References

Citations

  1. Browning JD, Sreenarasimhaiah J (2006). Gallstone disease. In M Feldman et al., eds., Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1387–1418. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

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Other Works Consulted

  • Sanders G, Kingsnorth AN (2007). Gallstones. BMJ, 335(7614): 295–299.


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