Ursodeoxycholic acid dissolution of gallstones in cystic fibrosis.

Thorax

Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Monsall Hospital, Manchester.

Published: June 1988

The dissolution of cholesterol gall stones is documented in two adults with cystic fibrosis.

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