Pathogenetic Factors in Cholesterol Gallstone Disease
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 24 (sup171), 83-90
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365528909091377
Abstract
In the present article the roles of biliary cholesterol supersaturation and nucleation of cholesterol crystals, nucleation-promottng and -inhibiting factors, and gallbladder emptying in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstone disease are discussed.Keywords
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