A novel vesicular assay to study factors affecting cholesterol crystallization in vitro

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 877-883

  Zijlstra, A Ingrid M ^a   Van De Heijning, Bert J M ^b   Van Overveld, Merian ^a   Groen, Albert K ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bile; cholesterol gallstones; cholesterol nucleation; hydrophobicity; nucleation factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MICELLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0030010431     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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