Solubility of cholesterol in the crystal-free gallbladder bile of gallstone patients

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-140

  Jüngst, Dieter ^a   Gussmann, Evi ^a   Zündt, Benedikta ^a   Meyer, Günther ^a   Jüngst, Christoph ^b   Del Pozo, Reginald ^c   Fischer, Sven ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICELLE; MICELLIZATION; SOLUBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BILE; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICELLES; MIDDLE AGED; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 5344253261     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lab.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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