Measurement of cholesterol gallstone growth in vitro

Methods to study growth of gallstones in the laboratory have not been reported. We here present such a method. Human cholesterol gallstones were harvested from patients with multiple nearly identical stones. The gallstones were washed and added to supersaturated model biles and the formation of chol...

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Main Authors: A. Andre van den Berg, Jaap D. van Buul, J. Donald Ostrow, Albert K. Groen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2000-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520320514