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Lith genes and genetic analysis of cholesterol gallstone formation.
Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Jun 2010
Wang Helen H, Portincasa Piero, Afdhal Nezam H, Wang David Q H
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiologic investigations, clinical observations, and family and twin studies in humans, as well as gallstone prevalence investigations in inbred mouse models, support the concept that cholesterol cholelithiasis could result from a complex interaction of environmental factors and the effects of multiple undetermined genes. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis is a powerful genetic method for identifying...
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