The Pathogenesis of Cholesterol Gallstones - A Review

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-125

  Strasberg, Steven M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 8109 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGE; BILE; CHEMISTRY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLUBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; BILE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032009528     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(98)80001-2     Document Type: Article

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