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Genetics of gallstone disease [PDF]
AbstractBackgroundGallstone disease (GD) belongs to the most frequent disorders in gastroenterology and causes high costs in our health‐care systems. Gallstones are uncommon in children but frequent in adults, in particular in women, and are triggered by exogenous risk factors.
Charlotte Rebholz +2 more
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The differentiation of cholesterol and pigment gallstones [PDF]
Gallbladder biles and stones were obtained at 116 cholecystectomies for symptomatic gallstone disease. All 33 patients younger than 50 years had cholesterol stones, whereas 40% of the older patients had pigment stones.
Jüngst, Dieter
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Cholesterol nucleation time in gallbladder bile of patients with solitary or multiple cholesterol gallstones [PDF]
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.
Ritter, Christoph von +4 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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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.
Ritter, Christoph von +11 more
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Gallstone disease and the risk of cardiac mortality in patients with acute coronary syndrome
BackgroundGallstone disease is a common gastrointestinal disorder, which has previously been reported to be associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease.
Wen Su +4 more
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Association between cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles and cholesterol crystals in human gallbladder bile [PDF]
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.
Schriever, Carolin Erika +1 more
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Shock-wave therapy of gastric outlet syndrome caused by a gallstone [PDF]
A patient with gastric outlet syndrome (Bouveret's syndrome) caused by a large gallstone impacted in the duodenal bulb was successfully treated by extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Thus, open abdominal surgery could be avoided. For disintegration of
Hoffmann, R. +4 more
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Gallstones top to toe: what the radiologist needs to know
Gallstone-related disease can have significant associated morbidity and mortality worldwide. The incidence of gallstone-related disease in the Western world is on the increase. There are multiple different pathological manifestations of gallstone disease:
M. C. Murphy +4 more
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