Behavior of various cholesterol crystals in bile from patients with gallstones

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 738-748

  Portincasa, Piero ^a,b   Van Erpecum, Karel J ^a,d,e   Jansen, Anton ^c   Renooij, Willem ^a   Gadellaa, Mireille ^a   Vanberge Henegouwen, Gerard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; GLYCOCHOLIC ACID; GLYCODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; GLYCOLITHOCHOLIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TAUROCHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TAURODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; TAUROLITHOCHOLIC ACID; TAUROURSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0029998921     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008666327     Document Type: Article

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