Pregnancy and the Biliary Tract
Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000 Pregnancy induces many physiological changes, some of which may have pathological results. In population studies, gallstones were found in 6.5% to 8.4% of nulliparous women, and in 18.4% to 19.3% of women with two to three or more pregnancies.
Tuvia Gilat, Fred Konikoff
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Seeing double: the low-carb diet [PDF]
, 2013 No abstract ...
Drummond, Russell S. +4 more
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Indomethacin decreases viscosity of gallbladder bile in patients with cholesterol gallstone disease [PDF]
, 1993 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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Chemical characterization of gallstones: an approach to explore the aetiopathogenesis of gallstone disease in Sri Lanka. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Records on gallstones and associated ailments in Sri Lankan community are scarce, despite frequent detection of gallstone disease. Identification of the chemical composition of gallstones in the local setting is important in defining aetiopathogenic ...
Harshi Weerakoon +5 more
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Association of diverse bacterial communities in human bile samples with biliary tract disorders: a survey using culture and polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis methods [PDF]
, 2016 Bacterial infection is considered a predisposing factor for disorders of the biliary tract. This study aimed to determine the diversity of bacterial communities in bile samples and their involvement in the occurrence of biliary tract diseases. A total of
Alebouyeh, M. +5 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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Relation of gallbladder function and Helicobacter pylori infection to gastric mucosa inflammation in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis [PDF]
, 2006 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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Biliary cholesterol crystallization characterized by single-crystal cryogenic electron diffraction
Journal of Lipid Research, 2005 Cholesterol crystals are the building blocks of cholesterol gallstones. The exact structure of early-forming crystals is still controversial. We combined cryogenic-temperature transmission electron microscopy with cryogenic-temperature electron ...
Daphne Weihs +6 more
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Correlation of mechanical factors and gallbladder pain [PDF]
, 2008 Acalculous biliary pain occurs in patients with no gallstones, but is similar to that experienced by patients with gallstones. Surgical removal of the gallbladder (GB) in these patients is only successful in providing relief of symptoms to about half of ...
Bird, N.C. +6 more
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Low-dose ursodeoxycholic acid prolongs cholesterol nucleation time in gallbladder bile of patients with cholesterol gallstones [PDF]
, 1989 The high rate of stone recurrence represents a drawback of non-surgical therapy of cholesterol gallstone disease. Although most studies report that long-term bile acid treatment does not have protective effects, preliminary results suggest that low-dose ...
Brenner, Gerhard +3 more
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