Phospholipid vesicles and other cholesterol carriers in bile

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Biomembranes

Volumn 1286, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-115

  Gilat, Tuvia ^b   Sömjen, Giora J ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BILE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029924888     PISSN: 03044157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(96)00005-6     Document Type: Review

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