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Multi-analytic approach elucidates significant role of hormonal and hepatocanalicular transporter genetic variants in gallstone disease in North Indian population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Srivastava Anshika, Mishra Avshesh, Singh Rajan, Rai Rajani, Srivastava Neena, Mittal Balraj
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cholesterol gallstone disease (CGD) is a multifactorial and multistep disease. Apart from female gender and increasing age being the documented non-modifiable risk factor for gallstones the pathobiological mechanisms underlying the phenotypic expression of CGD appear to be rather complex, and one or more variations in genes could play critical roles in the diverse pathways further progressing to...
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