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Biliary calculi

Known as: Lithiase de la vesicule, gallbladder stones, Biliary Calculus 
Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones… 
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Bile duct calculusBiliary system, bifurcationBiliary tract structureCholecystitis

Broader (3)

CalculiLithiasishepatobiliary disease

Narrower (1)

Common Bile Duct Calculi

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1987
1987
Common pancreaticobiliary channels and their relationship to gallstone size in gallstone pancreatitis.
Bile reflux into the pancreatic duct after impaction of a stone in a common pancreaticobiliary channel has been suggested to be… 
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1986
Highly Cited
1986
Rapid vesicle formation and aggregation in abnormal human biles. A time-lapse video-enhanced contrast microscopy study.
Rapid nucleation of cholesterol crystals has previously been shown to provide a sharp discrimination between abnormal… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Vertical banded gastroplasty: results in 233 patients.
The authors describe their experience with vertical banded gastroplasty in 233 patients for whom the follow-up ranged from 12 to… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Stimulation of chenodeoxycholic acid excretion in hypercholesterolemic mice by dietary taurine.
The effects of dietary taurine on fecal steroid excretion and bile acid pool size were investigated in Jcl: ICR strain mice. The… 
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1981
Highly Cited
1981
Gallbladder function in experimental cholecystitis.
Experimental cholecystitis was induced by implanting gallstones from human beings into the gallbladder of the cat. Three months… 
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1978
Highly Cited
1978
Chenodeoxycholic acid therapy of gallstones.
  • Dowling Rh
  • South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse…
  • 1978
  • Corpus ID: 43827643
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1977
Highly Cited
1977
Gray scale cholecystosonography. Diagnostic criteria and accuracy.
Cholecystosonography was performed on 81 patients with known gallbladder disease who subsequently underwent cholecystectomy… 
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1973
Highly Cited
1973
The epidemiology of gallstones and suggested aetiology.
1966
1966
Bile acids and cholesterol in guinea pigs with induced gallstones.
1960
1960
Gallstones in an autopsy series. Incidence, complications, and correlations with carcinoma of the gallbladder.