Pigment Gallstone Pathogenesis: Slime Production by Biliary Bacteria is More Important Than Beta-Glucuronidase Production

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 547-553

  Stewart, Lygia ^a,c   Ponce, Rosio ^a   Oesterle, Adair L ^a   McLeod Griffiss, J ^b   Way, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial slime; Gallstones; Glycocalyx; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BILIARY TRACT; CHOLELITHIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034268303     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(00)80100-6     Document Type: Article

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