Utility of biliary microscopy for the prediction of the chemical composition of gallstones and the outcome of dissolution therapy with ursodeoxycholic acid

Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 703-712

  Ros, Emilio ^a   Navarro, Salvador ^a   Fernández, Irene ^a   Reixach, María ^a   Ribó, Josep M ^a   Rodés, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE; BILE COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE DISSOLUTION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

BILE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PROGNOSIS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0022539168     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(86)90642-6     Document Type: Article

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