Intestinal metaplasia in gallbladders: prevalence study

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Gallbladder cancer is usually diagnosed at a late stage and generally results in death. Discovery of predisposing factors for this neoplasia could prevent this outcome. In this study, we assess the presence of one of these factors: intestinal metaplasia in gallbladders with st...

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Main Authors: José Eduardo Vasconcelos Fernandes, Maria Isete Fares Franco, Reinaldo Kenji Suzuki, Nelson Mattos Tavares, Sansom Henrique Bromberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802008000400004&lng=en&tlng=en