Genetics of gallstone disease

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-152

  Mittal, Balraj ^a   Mittal, R D ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

apo E gene; Cholesterol gallstone; Genetic polymorphism; Lith genes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY STUDY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036526252     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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