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Prevalence of gallstone disease in first-degree relatives of patients with cholelithiasis.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Nov 2005
Attili Adolfo-Francesco, De Santis Adriano, Attili Fabia, Roda Enrico, Festi Davide, Carulli Nicola
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate the influence of familiality on the prevalence of gallstone disease (GD) in Italy. METHODS: Families of 79 subjects with gallstones (cases) and of 79 subjects without gallstones (controls) were investigated for the presence of gallstones by ultrasonography. Index cases and index controls were matched for age, sex, and operative unit. Sixty-three and sixty-two husbands and wives of index cases and...
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