Microstructural analysis of bile: Relevance to cholesterol gallstone pathogenesis

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 761-770

  Rubin, M ^a   Pakula, R ^a   Konikoff, F M ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bile; Cholesterol; Crystallization; Gallstone; Imaging

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

BILE; BILE SECRETION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS;

EID: 0033928732     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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