Monitoring cholesterol crystallization from lithogenic model bile by time-lapse density gradient ultracentrifugation

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 703-710

  Konikiff, Fred M ^a   Laufer, Hava ^a   Messer, Glenda ^a   Gilat, Tuvia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

bile; cholesterol; crystallization; gallstone; multilamellar vesicle

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLSTONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0031041563     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(97)80438-2     Document Type: Article

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