Sluggish small bowel motility is involved in determining increased biliary deoxycholic acid in cholesterol gallstone patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2453-2459

  Azzaroli, Francesco ^a   Mazzella, Giuseppe ^a   Mazzeo, Costanza ^a   Simoni, Patrizia ^a   Festi, Davide ^a   Colecchia, Antonio ^a   Montagnani, Marco ^a   Martino, Costanza ^a   Villanova, Nicola ^a   Roda, Aldo ^a   Roda, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033198484     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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