Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 502-506 , December 2000

Single and multiple cholesterol gallstones and the influence of bacteria

  • L. Vitetta

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • S.P. Best

      Affiliations

    • School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • A. Sali

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Received 9 November 1999 ,Accepted 16 July 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1101

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 502-506 , December 2000

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