Measurement of cholesterol gallstone growth in vitro

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-194

  Van Den Berg, A Andre ^b   Van Buul, Jaap D ^b   Ostrow, J Donald ^a,b   Groen, Albert K ^b  

^a Medical Service (III GI A)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bile; Cholesterol crystals; Gallstone; Growth

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TAURODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STONE FORMATION;

BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033999141     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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