title: [Natural history of asymptomatic lithiasis].
abstract: The natural history of asymptomatic gallstones, according to the best published studies, indicates that seventy per cent of the patients remain symptom-free. Nonetheless there are no clinical or morphological findings which can predict the occurrence of symptoms on a individual basis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto di clinica medica e gastroenterologia, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barbara
mesh_terms: D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Histoire naturelle de la lithiase asymptomatique.