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. 1960 Feb;151(2):153–162. doi: 10.1097/00000658-196002000-00001

Surgical Indications in Cholelithiasis: Prophylactic Cholecystectomy Elucidated on the Basis of Long-term Follow up on 526 Nonoperated Cases *

Jørgen Lund
PMCID: PMC1613279  PMID: 13848582

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