Ultracentrifugation systematically overestimates vesicular cholesterol levels in bile

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 896-903

  Yuet, Pak K ^a   Blankschtein, Daniel ^a   Donovan, Joanne M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BILE LEVEL; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID BILE LEVEL; MICELLE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0029925879     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666347     Document Type: Article

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