Naseem Aslam Channa.
Gallstone disease: a review.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;58(2):197-208.

The present article gives a broad overview of gallstone disease and focuses on the pathogenesis, prevalence and association of the risk factors, dietary risk and protective factors, with the development of gallstones. Studies reviewed were identified by searching the Pubmed database upto 2005. The criteria for the including studies on pathogenesis, prevalence and risk factors, and dietary protective factors, were: (i) language of the article had to be English; (ii) studies should be case-control, cohort or cross sectional in design; (iii) Finally, the review focuses on studies on human populations. Although extensive research on gallstones has been conducted in animal models, no other animal besides the human is known to spontaneously develop gallstones [1]; thus while animal models may offer information on specific aspects of the lithogenic process; their findings are not considered here.

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