Effects of long term hydrophilic bile acid therapy on in vitro containing of gallbladder muscle strips in patients with cholesterol gallstones

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 4336-4339

  Mas, Mehmet Refik ^a   Comert, Bilgin ^a   Mas, Nuket ^b   Yamanel, Levent ^a   Ozotuk, Haluk ^a   Tasci, Ilker ^a   Jasrawi, Riadh P ^c  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Ravenscourt Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol gallstone; Gallbladder; Hydrophilic bile acid; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ OCTAPEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SINCALIDE; TIME FACTORS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 34548484800     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i32.4336     Document Type: Article

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