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cholelithiasis [‚kō·lə‚li′thī·ə·səs] (medicine) The production of or the condition associated with gallstones in the gallbladder or bile ducts. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Very-low-calorie diets are very effective for weight reduction, (127) and the nutritionally adequate formulas used today have fewer associated health problems (eg, gout, cholelithiasis, hair loss) as compared with the VLCD formulas used in the 1970s. The patient's work-up included a normal abdominal computer tomography; abdominal ultrasound showed nonobstructing cholelithiasis. For example, instead of a guideline for the management of gallbladder disease, we may develop a requirement set for the patient between 20 and 50 years old, with symptomatic, radiologically proven cholelithiasis and with no co-existing disease. |
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