Cholesterol crystal morphology in acalculous gallbladder disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-366

  Landi, Kristin ^a   Sinard, John ^a   Crawford, James M ^b   Topazian, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile; Cholesterol; Crystallization; Gallbladder

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BILE; BILIARY TRACT; CALCULI; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037377013     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200304000-00017     Document Type: Article

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