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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Pain attacks in non-complicated and complicated gallstone disease have a characteristic pattern and are accompanied by dyspepsia in most patients: The results of a prospective study

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Pages 93-101 | Received 12 Nov 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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