The role of fibrinolytic system proteins in cholesterol gallstone formation

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 516-519

  Havranek E G ^a   Tierney, S ^a   Man, W K ^a   Scott Coombes, D M ^a   Thompson, J N ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile; Fibrinolytic proteins; Nucleation; Tissue plasminogen activator

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FIBRONECTIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 2; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; LIPID BILE LEVEL; MALE; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PLASMINOGEN INACTIVATORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032985214     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655299750026263     Document Type: Article

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