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The physical presence of gallstone modulates ex vivo cholesterol crystallization pathways of human bile

BACKGROUND: Cholesterol crystallization is an essential step toward gallstone formation. Although model bile studies showed that competition occurs between the gallstone surface and the surrounding aqueous phase for cholesterol molecules available for crystallization, this has not been investigated...

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Autores principales: Portincasa, Piero, van Erpecum, Karel J, Di Ciaula, Agostino, Wang, David Q -H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30792864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gastro/goy044