Noncholesterol sterols in bile and stones of patients with cholesterol and pigment stones

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 274-280

  Miettinen, Tatu E ^a   Antero Kesaniemi Y ^b   Gylling, Helena ^a   Järvinen, Heikki ^a   Silvennoinen, Eero ^c   Miettinen, Tatu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; SITOSTEROL; STEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 19144368594     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008591852     Document Type: Article

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