Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 119-132 , April 2006

Functional Hepatobiliary Disease: Chronic Acalculous Gallbladder and Chronic Acalculous Biliary Disease

  • Harvey A. Ziessman, MD

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2005.12.001

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 119-132 , April 2006

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