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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"gallstones"”.
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Genetische Haplotypanalyse des distalen CXC-Chemokinclusters bei Patienten mit symptomatischer Cholelithiasis
Symptomatic gallstones are a compex disorder characterized by multiple interactions of various environmental and genetic risk factors. The present study was supposed to clarify if patients with symptomatic gallstones show a higher predisposition to inflammation and if this is due to variations of …
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Quality of life assessment in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
… the ‘gold standard’ treatment for symptomatic gallstones. It had undoubted benefits over the conventional open procedure, such as reduced morbidity and mortality, a shorter hospital stay and quicker return to normal daily activities. This improved risk to benefit ratio has seen an increasing …
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A systematic evaluation of the role of infection, immunity and inflammation in cholesterol gallstone pathogenesis
Cholesterol gallstones are exceptionally common and cost nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars annually. Despite a half-century of basic and clinical research questions still remain about cholesterol gallstone pathogenesis. The purpose of the study presented herein is to analyze the roles of infection, …
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Assoziationen zwischen Polymorphismen lithogener Kandidatengene und Risikofaktoren der Cholesterincholelithiasis
… might all contribute to the formation of gallstones. Due to the limitations of genetic analysis in humans, important information on gallstone genes derives from animal studies, in particular crossbreeding experiments in inbred mouse strains that differ in genetic susceptibility to …
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Aetiological and clinical aspects of symptomatic gallstone disease and pancreatic cancer.
… ratios calculated for incident symptomatic gallstones and pancreatic cancer according to risk factors. The clinical survey, compared survival, doses of chemotherapy and clinical parameters in a retrospective group of 16 patients and then in a prospective group of 19 patients who were also …
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Calcium-binding system in bile
Gallstones are a common clinical problem associated with significant morbidity and mortality whether managed conservatively or by surgery. Since a sizeable proportion of the resources of the community is spent dealing with the clinical sequelae of these stones, much interest has been focused on …
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Childhood Obesity and School-Based Interventions: An Evidence-Based Best Practice Guideline
… fatty liver disease, menstrual abnormalities, gallstones, sleep apnea, poor body image, low self esteem, and discrimination are all potential consequences of childhood obesity. Research indicates that school-based interventions have the potential to be effective in reducing body mass index and …
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Characterisation Of Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms In Patients With Acute Pancreatitis
… was classified as being secondary to alcohol, gallstones, or idiopathic. Patients were stratified into groups according to disease severity by assigning an organ failure score. Three TNF microsatellite loci (TNFa, TNFb, and TNFc), the -308 polymorphism within the TNF gene, the IL-10.G …
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Der kanalikuläre Gallensäurentransporter der Leber als Kandidatengen für den Gallensteinlocus Lith 1
The formation of cholesterol gallstones is a polygenic disease. This implies, that the interaction of multiple genetic factors with the environment determines the quantitative expression of the phenotype. Gallstone genes co-localize with Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs), chromosomal regions …
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In Situ Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Pathological Biomineralization
… monohydrate (ChM), a key component of gallstones and arterial plaques. Here, real-time imaging captures a combination of classical and non-classical growth modes, through a modified Stranski-Krastanov mechanism. Specifically, amorphous cholesterol precursors transition into a …
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy placement in cases non-responsive or otherwise non-operable acute cholecystitis: a retrospective descriptive and outcomes analysis
… is a complication of cholelithiasis (gallstones) and one of the most common admission diagnoses in Acute Care Surgery Units. The standard of care, according to the Tokyo Guidelines (1-4), for the management of acute cholecystitis, includes the immediate use of empiric antimicrobial …
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Secretory immunity in overweight and obese versus normal-weight early-and late-pubertal females
… forms of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and gallstones (157). TTiere is growing evidence that obesity may also be related to compromised immune function due to altered metabolic, psychological, and physical attributes (93). The aim of this study was to compare: a) immunity-related variables …