Gallbladder bile supersaturated with cholesterol in gallstone patients preferentially develops from shortage of bile acids
Gallstone (GS) formation requires that bile is supersaturated with cholesterol, which is estimated by a cholesterol saturation index (CSI) calculated from gallbladder (GB) total lipids and the mol% (mole percent) of bile acids (BAs), cholesterol, and phospholipids (PLs). Whereas CSI indicates GS ris...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520326134 |