Optimal Evaluation of Suspected Choledocholithiasis: Does This Patient Really Have Choledocholithiasis?

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Tae Yoon Lee. Clin Endosc. 2017 Sep.

. 2017 Sep;50(5):415-416.

doi: 10.5946/ce.2017.146. Epub 2017 Sep 29.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest:The author has no financial conflicts of interest.

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