Gallbladder lesions identified on ultrasound. Lessons from the last 10 years.

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Published in J Gastrointest Surg on November 23, 2011

Authors

Ioannis T Konstantinidis1, Surabhi Bajpai, Avinash R Kambadakone, Kenneth K Tanabe, David L Berger, Hui Zheng, Dushyant V Sahani, Gregory Y Lauwers, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, Andrew L Warshaw, Cristina R Ferrone

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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