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Original article

Frequency of Gallstone Disease in a Well-Defined Swedish Population

A Prospective Necropsy Study in Malmö

Pages 341-346 | Received 06 Feb 1976, Accepted 19 Oct 1976, Published online: 23 Feb 2010

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