Biliary lipids and cholesterol gallstone disease

Biliary lipids are a family of four dissimilar molecular species consisting of a mixture of bile salts (substituted cholanoic acids), phospholipids, mostly (>96%) diacylphosphatidylcholines, unesterified cholesterol, and bilirubin conjugates known trivially as lipopigments. The primary pathophysi...

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Main Authors: David Q-H. Wang, David E. Cohen, Martin C. Carey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520306477