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Classification of gallstones and epidemiologic studies

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  1. Interuniversity Center for Research in Hepatobiliary Diseases Institute of Surgical Clinics, University of Siena, Nuovo Policlinico, 53100, Siena, Italy

    Francesco Cetta MD, Francesco Lombardo MD, Michele Giubbolini MD & Claudio Baldi MD

  2. Institute of Surgical Anatomy, University of Genoa, 16100, Genoa, Italy

    Andrea Cariati MD

  3. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA

    Andrew K. Diehl MD, MSc & Wayne H. Schwesinger MD

  4. Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

    William E. Kurtin PhD

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Cetta, F., Lombardo, F., Giubbolini, M. et al. Classification of gallstones and epidemiologic studies. Digest Dis Sci 40, 2189–2191 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02209004

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