Elemental, fatty acid, and protein composition of appendicoliths

Abstract Appendicoliths are commonly found obstructing the lumen of the appendix at the time of appendectomy. To identify factors that might contribute to their formation we investigated the composition of appendicoliths using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, gas chromato...

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Main Authors: James M. Prieto, Andrew W. Wang, Jonathan Halbach, David M. Cauvi, James M. D. Day, Milan Gembicky, Majid Ghassemian, Oswald Quehenberger, Karen Kling, Romeo Ignacio, Antonio DeMaio, Stephen W. Bickler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21397-9