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Recent advances in understanding and managing cholesterol gallstones
2018-09-24
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The high prevalence of cholesterol gallstones, the availability of new information about pathogenesis, and the relevant health costs due to the management of cholelithiasis in both children and adults contribute to a growing interest in this disease. From an epidemiologic point of view, the risk of gallstones has been associated with higher risk of incident ischemic heart disease, total mortality, and disease-spec...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3a2668b7-a393-5f6b-ba42-c6f880147c7e
- DOI
- 10.12688/f1000research.15505.1