Prague Med. Rep. 2014, 115, 67-72

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2014.7

Acalculous Cholecystitis or Biliary Dyskinesia for Epstein-Barr Virus Gallbladder Involvement?

Andrew Fretzayas*, Maria Moustaki, Achilleas Attilakos, Triantafillia Brozou, Polyxeni Nicolaidou

3rd Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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