Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid and gallbladder motility in gallstone patients and healthy subjects

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-113

  Portincasa, P ^a,c   Di Ciaula, A D I ^a   Palmieri, V ^a   Velardi, A ^a   Van Berge Henegouwen, G P ^b   Palasciano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bile salts; Cholelithiasis

Indexed keywords

TAUROURSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0029895567     PISSN: 03920623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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