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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2008; 14(34): 5282-5289
Published online Sep 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5282
Incidence of gallstone disease in Italy: Results from a multicenter, population-based Italian study (the MICOL project)
Davide Festi, Ada Dormi, Simona Capodicasa, Tommaso Staniscia, Adolfo F Attili, Paola Loria, Paolo Pazzi, Giuseppe Mazzella, Claudia Sama, Enrico Roda, Antonio Colecchia
Davide Festi, Giuseppe Mazzella, Claudia Sama, Enrico Roda, Antonio Colecchia, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy
Ada Dormi, Department of Clinical Medicine and Biotech-nology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40138, Italy
Simona Capodicasa, Tommaso Staniscia, Department of Medicine and Aging, University of Chieti, Chieti 66100, Italy
Adolfo F Attili, Department of Gastroenterology, University “La Sapienza”, Roma 00010, Italy
Paola Loria, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena, Modena 41100, Italy
Paolo Pazzi, Department of Internal Medicine, S. Anna Hospital, Ferrara 44100, Italy
Author contributions: Festi D, Attili AF, Pazzi P, Loria P, Sama C, Roda E designed research; Festi D, Attili AF, Pazzi P, Loria P, Colecchia A performed research; Capodicasa S, Staniscia T, Dormi A analyzed data; Festi D wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Davide Festi, MD, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Via Massarenti 9, Bologna 40138, Italy. davide.festi@unibo.it
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Received: January 3, 2008
Revised: August 13, 2008
Accepted: August 20, 2008
Published online: September 14, 2008
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