JE Everhart, M Khare, M Hill, KR Maurer - Gastroenterology, 1999 - Elsevier Despite the frequency and impact of gallstones, few risk factors have been
identified. One interesting feature is the disorder's apparent variation in
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M Carey, B Paigen - Hepatology, 2002 - interscience.wiley.com It was not known until recently whether the endemic of cholesterol gallstones
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CW Ko, SP Lee - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2002 - Elsevier Gallstones are extremely common in Western societies. Approximately 15% of
Americans have gallstones, and approximately 650,000 to 700,000
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P Portincasa, A Moschetta, M Petruzzelli, G … - Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier Taken together, the above mentioned studies point to a gallstone-related pain
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AK Diehl, WH Schwesinger, DR Holleman, JB … - Digestive diseases and sciences, 1994 - Springer Mexican Americans have an elevated risk of gallstones. Their increased rates may
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F Lammert, JF Miquel - Journal of Hepatology, 2008 - Elsevier The number of gallstone patients is increasing in ageing populations with a high
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