[Cholesterol gallstone pathogenesis]. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Theoretically formation of cholesterol gallstone includes four steps, each one necessary for the next: 1) Metabolic or genetic defect, 2) Formation of supersaturated bilis, 3) Nucleation and 4) Growing of cholesterol crystals. In this work we review biliary physiology, each one of the mentionated steps and gallbladder alterations that have been to date investigated during lithogenesis.

publication date

  • July 1, 1990

Research

keywords

  • Cholelithiasis
  • Cholesterol
  • Gallstones

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 65249136020

PubMed ID

  • 19256135

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 42 Suppl