Increased acylCoA-cholesterol ester acyltransferase activity in gallbladder mucosa in patients with gallbladder cholesterolosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1518-1523

  Watanabe, Fumitoshi ^a   Hanai, Hiroyuki ^a   Kaneko, Eizo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

BILE; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0032172829     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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