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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 21, 2005; 11(43): 6800-6806
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6800
Published online Nov 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i43.6800
Pregnancy is not a risk factor for gallstone disease: Results of a randomly selected population sample
Thomas Walcher, Mark Martin Haenle, Richard Andrew Mason, Alexa Friederike Alice von Schmiesing, Bernhard Otto Boehm, Wolfgang Kratzer, Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Martina Kron, Birgit Hay, Department of Biometry and Medical Documentation, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Armin Imhof, Wolfgang Koenig, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Peter Kern, Department of Internal Medicine III, Section of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: W. Kratzer, PD Dr Med., University Hospital Ulm, Department of Internal Medicine I, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany. wolfgang.kratzer@medizin.uni-ulm.de.
Telephone: +49-731-50024536 Fax: +49-731-50024867
Received: April 11, 2005
Revised: May 21, 2005
Accepted: May 24, 2005
Published online: November 21, 2005
Revised: May 21, 2005
Accepted: May 24, 2005
Published online: November 21, 2005
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