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Severe Gallstone Disease on the Rise in Taiwan
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Title Severe Gallstone Disease on the Rise in Taiwan
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/708472?src=rss
Description Rates of hospitalization for severe gallstone disease have risen sharply in recent years among young adults in Taiwan. Older adults have experienced increases in biliary pancreatitis and acute cholangitis. Reuters Health Information
Category Articles > Gastroenterology
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Date Sep 16, 2009
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