The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 455-458 , April 2009

The association between body mass index and the severity of cholecystitis

  • Hyeon Kook Lee, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Ho-Seong Han, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 300 Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-707 Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82-31-787-7091; fax: +82-31-787-4055
    • ,
  • Seog Ki Min, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Received 25 October 2007 ,Revised 16 January 2008

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PII: S0002-9610(08)00460-1

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.01.029

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 4 , Pages 455-458 , April 2009

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