Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 6 , Pages 422-429 , June 2010

Decreased Retinol Binding Protein 4 Concentrations are Associated With Cholesterol Gallstone Disease

  • Shen-Nien Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Shen-Nien Wang and Yao-Tsung Yeh contributed equally to this work.
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  • Yao-Tsung Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Technology, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Shen-Nien Wang and Yao-Tsung Yeh contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sen-Teh Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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  • Yi-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shih-Chang Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chen-Guo Ker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • King-Teh Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr King-Teh Lee, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 807 Taiwan

Received 2 January 2009 ,Revised 6 July 2009 ,Accepted 17 September 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60073-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60073-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 6 , Pages 422-429 , June 2010

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