Acute cholangitis - an update
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Acute cholangitis - an update
Acute cholangitis is bacterial infection of the extra-hepatic biliary system. As it is caused by gallstones blocking the common bile duct in most of the cases, its prevalence is greater in ethnicities with high prevalence of gallstones. Biliary obstruction of any cause is the main predisposing factor. Diagnosis is established by the presence of clinical features, laboratory results and imaging ...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2150-5330
DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v9.i1.1