Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis in Jamaican patients with sickle cell disease: preliminary experience.

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Published in West Indian Med J on January 01, 2006

Authors

J M Plummer1, N D Duncan, D I G Mitchell, A H McDonald, M Reid, M Arthurs

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Tropical Metabolism Research Institute, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies. surradic@uwimona.edu.jm

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