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Cholesterol nucleation time in gallbladder bile of patients with solitary or multiple cholesterol gallstones [PDF]
, 1992 Patients with multiple cholesterol gallbladder stones have been found to be at a higher risk for the recurrence of gallstones after successful nonsurgical treatment than those with a solitary stone.
Abell +27 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 ObjectiveWe sought to evaluate the association between visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the incidence of gallstones and the age at first gallstone surgery in adults in the United States.MethodsWe selected individuals from the National Health and ...
Gaopeng Zhang +8 more
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Association between cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles and cholesterol crystals in human gallbladder bile [PDF]
, 1989 Rapid aggregation of cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles in gallbladder bile seems to be the first event in the production of cholesterol crystals, a prerequisite for cholesterol gallstone formation.
Jüngst, Dieter +1 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Gallstone disease (GSD) is associated with changes in the gut and gallbladder bacterial composition, but there is limited information on the role of the fungal community (mycobiome) in disease development. This study aimed to characterize the gallbladder
Junqing Hu +25 more
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Gallbladder cancer: South American experience [PDF]
, 2016 Large differences in terms of incidence and mortality due to gallbladder cancer (GBC) have been reported worldwide. Moreover, it seems that GBC has unique characteristics in South America.
Arroyo, Gerardo F. +2 more
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Association between statin use and risk of gallstone disease and cholecystectomy: a meta-analysis of 590,086 patients [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Statins have been reported to reduce the risk of gallstone disease. However, the impacts of different durations of statin use on gallstone disease have not been clarified.
Yu Chang +4 more
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Biofilm producing Salmonella typhi: Chronic colonization and development of gallbladder cancer [PDF]
, 2017 Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi is the aetiological agent of typhoid or enteric fever. In a subset of individuals, S. Typhi colonizes the gallbladder causing an asymptomatic chronic infection.
Cavallo, Ilaria +4 more
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The Permanente Journal, 2009 Gallstones develop in approximately 10% to 15% of the US population and represent one of the most common and most costly of all digestive diseases. Studies investigating gallstones' natural history have shown that gallstone-related complications arise at a rate of approximately 1% per year in asymptomatic patients and 2% per year in patients who ...
Jeffrey K, Wang +2 more
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Overexpression of Sterol Carrier Protein 2 in Patients with Hereditary Cholesterol Gallstones
BMC Gastroenterology, 2011 Background Lithogenic bile is the major cause of cholesterol gallstone, but its pathogenesis is not well understood. The hypersecretion of biliary cholesterol is believed to be an important cause of lithogenic bile.
Zhang Ju +6 more
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The association between hypertension and the risk of gallstone disease: a cross-sectional study
BMC Gastroenterology, 2022 Background To explore the association between hypertension and the risk of gallstone disease. Methods We collected the data about the subjects receiving physical examination. Gallstone disease was diagnosed by abdominal ultrasound. Multivariable logistic
Yalan Zhang +3 more
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