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Homocysteine and gallstone diseases: is hyperhomocysteinemia a prerequisite for or secondary to gallstone formation?

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Tazuma, S. Homocysteine and gallstone diseases: is hyperhomocysteinemia a prerequisite for or secondary to gallstone formation?. J Gastroenterol 40, 1085–1087 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-005-1702-0

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