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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2012; 18(12): 1365-1372
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1365
Published online Mar 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i12.1365
Post-cholecystectomy symptoms were caused by persistence of a functional gastrointestinal disorder
Malte Schmidt, Karl Søndenaa, Department of Surgery, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen N-5892, Norway
Malte Schmidt, Karl Søndenaa, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen 5021, Norway
John A Dumot, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44101, United States
Steven Rosenblatt, Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44101, United States
Trygve Hausken, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen 5021, Norway
Maria Ramnefjell, Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway
Gro Njølstad, Department of Microbiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway
Geir Egil Eide, Center for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway
Geir Egil Eide, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen 5021, Norway
Author contributions: Schmidt M wrote the article and analysed statistical data together with Eide GE; Søndenaa K designed study, operated patients and collected study material; Dumot JA translated study form and collected data; Rosenblatt S operated patients and collected data; Hausken T analysed data collected from study forms; Ramnefjell M did the histology of removed gallbladders, and Njølstad G did the bacterial analyses.
Supported by The Western Norway Health Trust, the University of Bergen, and Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital
Correspondence to: Karl Søndenaa, Professor, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, University of Bergen, POB 6165, Bergen N-5892, Norway. kasoende@online.no
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Received: May 28, 2011
Revised: July 14, 2011
Accepted: July 21, 2011
Published online: March 28, 2012
Revised: July 14, 2011
Accepted: July 21, 2011
Published online: March 28, 2012
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