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Acute Gallstone Cholangitis: Clinical Pictures, Diagnosis and Treatment

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Acute cholangitis is an infectious disease of the biliary tract with a wide spectrum of presentations, ranging in severity from a mild form, characterised mainly by fever and jaundice, to a severe form with septic shock. Reported mortality rates vary from 13 to 88% [1].

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    Luigi Roncoroni, Leopoldo Sarli & Gabriele Regina

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Roncoroni, L., Sarli, L., Regina, G. (2008). Acute Gallstone Cholangitis: Clinical Pictures, Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Biliary Lithiasis. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0763-5_42

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