Microlithiasis: an important cause of ‘idiopathic’ acute pancreatitis?
Microlithiasis is the underlying cause in a significant proportion of patients with ‘idiopathic’ acute pancreatitis. The mechanism appears to be a relative deficiency of phosphatidylcholine in bile, with fast and extensive cholesterol crystallization as a result. Diagnosis of microlithiasis by micro...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119321556 |