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Identification of cholelithogenic enterohepatic helicobacter species and their role in murine cholesterol gallstone formation.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2005
Maurer Kirk J, Ihrig Melanie M, Rogers Arlin B, Ng Vivian, Bouchard Guylaine, Leonard Monika R, Carey Martin C, Fox James G
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Helicobacter spp are common inhabitants of the hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals and cause a variety of well-described diseases. Recent epidemiologic results suggest a possible association between enterohepatic Helicobacter spp and cholesterol cholelithiasis, chronic cholecystitis, and gallbladder cancer. To test this, we prospectively investigated the effects of...
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