Sedimentation of Biliary 'Sludge': Effect on Composition of Gallbladder Bile from Patients with Cholesterol, Mixed, or Pigment Stones

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Jungst D ^a   Del Pozo, R ^b   Christoph, S ^b   Miquel, J F ^b   Eder, M I ^b   Lange, V ^b   Frimberger, E ^b   Von Ritter, C ^b   Paumgartner, G ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cholesterol crystals; Gallbladder bile; Lipid composition; Mucin; Sludge; Total protein; Ultracentrifugation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BILE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILE PIGMENTS; BILIRUBIN; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCINS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEINS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0029892393     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365529609004878     Document Type: Article

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