Gallstone disease is a worldwide common disease. However, the knowledge concerning the gallbladder in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstone formation remains limited.
Jingjia Liang +8 more
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Estrogen: risk factor for Xinjiang female patients with gallstone [PDF]
Objective To investigate estrogen as one of risk factors in women with gallstone in Xinjiang. Methods Estradiol, luteinizing hormone(LH), follicle-stimulating hormone(FSH), testosterone, progesterone, and prolactin in 204 women with gallstone were ...
Azatijiang Ainiwaer, Abuduwaili Aierken, YU Sufu, YU Wenqing, Kelimu
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Fibronectin in human gallbladder bile: cholesterol pronucleating and/or mucin "link" protein? [PDF]
Some biliary proteins (pronucleators) seem to be essential factors for cholesterol crystal formation and crystal growth in bile. A recent study suggests that fibronectin is such a pronucleator in bile.
Del Pozo, Reginals +5 more
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Abstract Objectives Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective therapy for chronic intractable pain. Conventional SCS involves electrode placement based on intraoperative paresthesia mapping; however, newer paradigms like burst may allow for anatomic placement of leads.
Adnan Al‐Kaisy +13 more
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Indomethacin decreases viscosity of gallbladder bile in patients with cholesterol gallstone disease [PDF]
There is experimental evidence that inhibition of cyclooxygenase with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may decrease cholesterol gall-stone formation and mitigate biliary pain in gall-stone patients.
Brandl, H. +8 more
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The association between hypertension and the risk of gallstone disease: a cross-sectional study
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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Relation of gallbladder function and Helicobacter pylori infection to gastric mucosa inflammation in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis [PDF]
Background. Inflammatory alterations of the gastric mucosa are commonly caused by Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in patients with symptomatic gallstone disease.
Abdel-Wahab M +38 more
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Pathogenetic aspects of the development of cholelithiasis in patients with metabolic syndrome
Nowadays there is a steady tendency to increase the number of patients with gallstone disease and metabolic syndrome. Increasingly, gallstone disease is called a non-canonical cluster of metabolic syndrome, because the main components of metabolic ...
Yu. P. Uspenskiy +4 more
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Delayed phlegmon with gallstone fragments masquerading as soft tissue sarcoma. [PDF]
Complications from lost gallstones after cholecystectomy are rare but varied from simple perihepatic abscess to empyema and expectoration of gallstones.
Bateni, Cyrus P +3 more
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Gallbladder cancer: South American experience [PDF]
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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