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. 2011 Mar;13(3):221; author reply 222.
doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00265.x. Epub 2011 Jan 28.

Re: Alanine transaminase rather than abdominal ultrasound alone is an important investigation to justify cholecystectomy in patients presenting with acute pancreatitis

Yahya Al-Habbal, Philip Smart
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Re: Alanine transaminase rather than abdominal ultrasound alone is an important investigation to justify cholecystectomy in patients presenting with acute pancreatitis

Yahya Al-Habbal et al. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Mar.
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