Ultrastructural aspects of human cystic duct epithelium as a result of cholelithiasis and cholesterolosis

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-38

  Gilloteaux, Jacques ^a   Hawkins, W Scott ^a   Gilloteaux, Laurent C ^a   Jasso, Jerome ^b   Kelly, Thomas R ^a  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Cholesterolosis; Cystic duct; Human; Surface epithelium; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BODY FLUIDS; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLOGY; DEPOSITS; DUCTS; EROSION; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY;

CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROLOSIS; CYSTIC DUCT; HUMAN; INTRALUMINAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC; SURFACE EPITHELIUM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELLS;

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC DUCT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EPITHELIUM; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030924476     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19971001)39:1<22::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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