title: [Cholelithiasis in the region of Cartagena: an approximation to its real incidence based on the study of its symptomatic group].
abstract: We have studied the frequency of cholelithiasis in a group of patients who complained of clinical symptoms of cholelithiasis and lived in the region of Cartagena. This group of patients accounts for 40% of all the patients suffering from cholelithiasis this would account for 0.5% of the whole population and 1% of the exposed population over 30 year-of-age. Our results suggest that the population living in the region of Cartagena has a low-risk for cholelithiasis.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Santa María del Rosell de Cartagena.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Pastor
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Durán
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Montalbán
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ortuño
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Colelitiasis en la comarca de Cartagena: una aproximación a su incidencia real a partir del estudio de su grupo sintomático.