Composition and immunofluorescence studies of biliary 'sludge' in patients with cholesterol or mixed gallstones

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 352-360

  De La Porte, Paulette Lechene ^a   Lafont, Huguette ^a   Domingo, Nicole ^a   Meyer, Günther ^b   Müller, Iris ^b   Zündt, Benedikta ^b   Jüngst, Dieter ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile; Cholesterol; Composition; Immunofluorescence; Mucin; Proteins; Sludge

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINOPEPTIDASE; BILE PIGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BILE COMPOSITION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0033841078     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80269-X     Document Type: Article

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