Repeated bile acid therapy for the long-term management of cholesterol gallstones

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 719-724

  Petroni, Maria L ^a   Jazrawi, Riadh P ^a   Lanzini, Alberto ^b   Zuin, Massimo ^c   Pazzi, Paolo ^d   Fracchia, Mario ^e   Boga, Elezabetta ^c   Facchinetti, Daniella ^b   Alvisi, Vittorio ^d   Galatola, Giovanni ^e   Bland, J Martin ^a   Heaton, Ken W ^f   Podda, M ^c   Northfield, Tim C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c Istituto Biomedico S Paolo   (Italy)

^d S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile acids and salts; Cholelithiasis: complication, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention and control, radiography, therapy; Gallbladder disease; Recurrence, models, theoretical

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL STONE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030297049     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80244-3     Document Type: Article

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