Gram-positive cocci are associated with the formation of completely pure cholesterol stones

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-88

  Kawai, Manabu ^a   Iwahashi, Makoto ^a   Uchiyama, Kazuhisa ^a   Ochiai, Minoru ^a   Tanimura, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaue, Hiroki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036142294     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)03987-9     Document Type: Article

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