Cholelithiasis and biliary sludge in Down’s syndrome patients

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Although studies have demonstrated increased frequency of gallbladder abnormalities among Down’s syndrome (DS) patients in some countries, there is only one paper on this subject in the Brazilian literature. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the prevalence, clinical cha...

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Main Authors: Márcia Cristina Bastos Boëchat, Kátia Silveira da Silva, Juan Clinton Llerena Jr, Paulo Roberto Mafra Boëchat
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=S1516-31802007000600005&lng=en&tlng=en