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Clinical experience with monooctanoin for dissolution of bile duct stones

An uncontrolled multicenter trial

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, California

    A. F. Hofmann

  2. University Clinic University of Erlangen, W. Germany

    B. Schmack

  3. Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

    J. L. Thistle

  4. Stokely-Van Camp Co., Indianapolis, Indiana

    V. K. Babayan

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Hofmann, A.F., Schmack, B., Thistle, J.L. et al. Clinical experience with monooctanoin for dissolution of bile duct stones. Digest Dis Sci 26, 954–955 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309504

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