An update on the pathogenesis and treatment of cholesterol gallstones

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, Supplement

Volumn 32, Issue 223, 1997, Pages 60-69

  Portincasa, P ^b   Van De Meeberg, P ^b   Van Erpecum, K J ^b   Palasciano, G ^b   VanBerge Henegouwen, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bile salts; Cholelithiasis; Enterohepatic circulation; Gallbladder motility; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BILE SALT; CERULETIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CISAPRIDE; COLESTYRAMINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOMETACIN; MUCIN; PROKINETIC AGENT; SULPIRIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS;

EID: 0030629980     PISSN: 00855928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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