Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 101-103 , July 2006

Clinical Assessment of Acute Cholecystitis in Adults

  • Jedd Roe, MD, MBA (EBEM Commentator Contact)

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PII: S0196-0644(06)00522-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.04.001

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 101-103 , July 2006

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