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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 21, 2005; 11(35): 5530-5534
Published online Sep 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5530
Published online Sep 21, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i35.5530
Association between thyroid function and gallstone disease
Henry Völzke, Ulrich John, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Walther Rathenau Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
Daniel M Robinson, Ernst Moritz Arndt University Greifswald, Department of Medicine B, Friedrich Loeffler Str. 23a, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, No. 01ZZ96030, from the Ministry for Education, Research and Cultural Affairs and the Ministry for Social Affairs of the State Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Correspondence to: Henry Völzke, MD, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Walther Rathenau Str. 48, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany. voelzke@uni-greifswald.de
Telephone: +49-3834-867707 Fax: +49-3834-866684
Received: January 28, 2005
Revised: February 15, 2005
Accepted: February 18, 2005
Published online: September 21, 2005
Revised: February 15, 2005
Accepted: February 18, 2005
Published online: September 21, 2005
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