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Biliary pronucleating proteins and apolipoprotein E in cholesterol and pigment stone patients.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jul 2003
van Erpecum Karel J, Portincasa Piero, Dohlu Mehmet H, van Berge-Henegouwen Gerard P, Jüngst Dieter
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Although cholesterol gallstone patients exhibit higher biliary cholesterol saturation than pigment stone patients, underlying mechanisms that affect stone type are unknown. We hypothesized that pronucleating proteins, hydrophobic bile salts or apolipoprotein E genotype affect stone type. We therefore compared these putative factors in cholesterol and pigment stone patients. METHODS: In 74...
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