Biliary sludge and pigment stone formation in bile duct-ligated guinea pigs

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-209

  Chen, Chiung Yu ^a   Shiesh, Shu Chu ^a   Lin, Xi Zhang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calcium bilirubinate; Cholestasis; Gallstone; Guinea pig

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BILIRUBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GUINEA PIG; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BILE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCURONIDASE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0032896226     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026639225023     Document Type: Article

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