A comparative study of gallstones from children and adults using FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Kleiner, Oleg ^a   Ramesh, Jagannathan ^b   Huleihel, Mahmoud ^b   Cohen, Beny ^b   Kantarovich, Keren ^b   Levi, Chen ^b   Polyak, Boris ^b   Marks, Robert S ^b   Mordehai, Jacov ^a   Cohen, Zahavi ^a   Mordechai, Shaul ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GALLSTONE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; STONE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHILD; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 18744406759     PISSN: 1471230X     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-2-3     Document Type: Article

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