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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GALLSTONES AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2016 The link between gallstones formation and diabetes mellitus remains controversial. The study aims to find the prevalence of gallstones in diabetic patients and its relation with status of control, and duration of diabetes mellitus.
Munther Jalil Abdul-Abbas +1 more
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The differentiation of cholesterol and pigment gallstones [PDF]
, 1989 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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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.
Niemeyer, A. +8 more
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Lipid composition and cholesterol nucleation time in gallbladder bile of patients with cholesterol gallstones under choleretic treatment with febuprol [PDF]
, 1988 The effect of a new potent choleretic drug (Febuprol) on lipid composition and cholesterol nucleation time in gallbladder bile was studied in 8 patients with cholesterol gallstones.
Paumgartner, Gustav +3 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.
Schriever, Carolin Erika +1 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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Dietary N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids decrease biliary cholesterol saturation in gallstone disease [PDF]
, 1992 Because fatty acid composition of biliary phospholipids influences cholesterol secretion into bile, we investigated whether replacement of n-1 monounsaturated or n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in biliary ...
Sven Fischer +13 more
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Effect of phospholipids and bile acids on cholesterol nucleation time and vesicular/micellar cholesterol in gallbladder bile of patients with cholesterol stones [PDF]
, 1993 Supersaturation and rapid nucleation of cholesterol in bile are of key importance in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones. While the effects of bile acids and phospholipids on cholesterol saturation of bile have been extensively studied, their ...
Paumgartner, Gustav +4 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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