Lammert F, Sauerbruch T: Mechanisms of disease: the genetic epidemiology of gallbladder stones. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005, 2: 423-433. 10.1038/ncpgasthep0257.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Volzke H, Baumeister SE, Alte D, Hoffmann W, Schwahn C, Simon P, John U, Lerch MM: Independent risk factors for gallstone formation in a region with high cholelithiasis prevalence. Digestion. 2005, 71: 97-105. 10.1159/000084525.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ransohoff DF, Gracie WA: Treatment of gallstones. Ann Intern Med. 1993, 119: 606-619.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
BQS Bundesgeschäftsstelle Qualitätssicherung: Cholezystektomie. Qualität sichtbar machen BQS-Qualitätsreport 2004. Edited by: BQS Bundesgeschäftsstelle Qualitätssicherung. 2004, Düsseldorf, , 22-34.
Google Scholar
Sandler RS, Everhart JE, Donowitz M, Adams E, Cronin K, Goodman C, Gemmen E, Shah S, Avdic A, Rubin R: The burden of selected digestive diseases in the United States. Gastroenterology. 2002, 122: 1500-1511. 10.1053/gast.2002.32978.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
National Institutes of Health: Gallbladder and biliary disease. Action plan for liver disease research A report of the Liver Diseases Subcommittee of the Digestive Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee. Edited by: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2005, Bethesda, NIH, 144-150.
Google Scholar
Venneman NG, Renooij W, Rehfeld JF, van Berge-Henegouwen GP, Go PMNYH, Broeders IAMJ, van Erpecum KJ: Small Gallstones, Preserved Gallbladder Motility, and Fast Crystallization Are Associated with Pancreatitis. Hepatology. 2005, 41: 738-746. 10.1002/hep.20616.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Wang DQ, Afdhal NH: Genetic analysis of cholesterol gallstone formation: searching for Lith (gallstone) genes. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2004, 6: 140-150.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Trauner M, Boyer JL: Bile salt transporters: molecular characterization, function, and regulation. Physiol Rev. 2003, 83: 633-671.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kullak-Ublick GA, Stieger B, Meier PJ: Enterohepatic bile salt transporters in normal physiology and liver disease. Gastroenterology. 2004, 126: 322-342. 10.1053/j.gastro.2003.06.005.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Yu L, Gupta S, Xu F, Liverman AD, Moschetta A, Mangelsdorf DJ, Repa JJ, Hobbs HH, Cohen JC: Expression of ABCG5 and ABCG8 is required for regulation of biliary cholesterol secretion. J Biol Chem. 2005, 280: 8742-8747. 10.1074/jbc.M411080200.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Moschetta A, Bookout AL, Mangelsdorf DJ: Prevention of cholesterol gallstone disease by FXR agonists in a mouse model. Nat Med. 2004, 10: 1352-1358. 10.1038/nm1138.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Wang HH, Portinacase P, Wang DQ: Prevention of Cholesterol (Ch) Gallstones by the Potent Ch Absorption Inhibitor Ezetimibe in Gallstone-Susceptible Mice. Gastroenterology. 2006, 130: A591-10.1053/j.gastro.2006.01.023.
Article
Google Scholar
Paigen B, Carey MC: Gallstones. The genetic basis of common diseases. Edited by: King RA. 2002, London, Oxford University Press, 298-335.
Google Scholar
Angwafo FF, Takongmo S, Griffith D: Determination of chemical composition of gall bladder stones: basis for treatment strategies in patients from Yaounde, Cameroon. World J Gastroenterol. 2004, 10: 303-305.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Ho KJ, Lin XZ, Yu SC, Chen JS, Wu CZ: Cholelithiasis in Taiwan. Gallstone characteristics, surgical incidence, bile lipid composition, and role of beta-glucuronidase. Dig Dis Sci. 1995, 40: 1963-1973. 10.1007/BF02208665.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Tsai WL, Lai KH, Lin CK, Chan HH, Lo CC, Hsu PI, Chen WC, Cheng JS, Lo GH: Composition of common bile duct stones in Chinese patients during and after endoscopic sphincterotomy. World J Gastroenterol. 2005, 11: 4246-4249.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Chihara G, Yamamoto S, Kameda H: Medical and biochemical application of infrared absorption spectra. I. Studies on gallstone by infrared spectra and X-ray chrystallography. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1958, 6: 50-54.
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Trotman BW, Ostrow JD, Soloway RD: Pigment vs cholesterol cholelithiasis: comparison of stone and bile composition. Am J Dig Dis. 1974, 19: 585-590. 10.1007/BF01073011.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Krawczak M, Nikolaus S, von Eberstein H, El Mokhtari NE, Schreiber S: PopGen: Population-based recruitment of patients and controls for the analysis of complex genotype-phenotype relationships. Community Genet. 2006, 9: 55-61. 10.1159/000090694.
PubMed
Google Scholar
Malet PF, Williamson CE, Trotman BW, Soloway RD: Composition of pigmented centers of cholesterol gallstones. Hepatology. 1986, 6: 477-481.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Milne JW: Ion exchange in alkali halide disks. Spectrochim Acta. 1976, 32A: 1347-
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Ataman OY, Mark HB: Alkali Halide Pelleting Technique for Solid Sampling in Infrared Spectroscopy. Appl Spectroscopy Rev. 1977, 13: 1-
Article
Google Scholar
Keresztury G, Insze M, Seti F, Imre L: CO2 inclusion bands in infrared spectra of KBr pellets. Spectrochim Acta. 1980, 36A: 1007-
Article
CAS
Google Scholar
Malet PF, Weston NE, Trotman BW, Soloway RD: Cyclic deposition of calcium salts during growth of cholesterol gallstones. Scan Electron Microsc. 1985, 775-779.
Google Scholar
Swidsinski A, Khilkin M, Pahlig H, Swidsinski S, Priem F: Time dependent changes in the concentration and type of bacterial sequences found in cholesterol gallstones. Hepatology. 1998, 27: 662-665. 10.1002/hep.510270304.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Gustafsson U, Sahlin S, Einarsson C: High level of deoxycholic acid in human bile does not promote cholesterol gallstone formation. World J Gastroenterol. 2003, 9: 1576-1579.
Article
CAS
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Gustafsson U, Benthin L, Granstrom L, Groen AK, Sahlin S, Einarsson C: Changes in gallbladder bile composition and crystal detection time in morbidly obese subjects after bariatric surgery. Hepatology. 2005, 41: 1322-1328. 10.1002/hep.20686.
Article
PubMed
Google Scholar
Venneman NG, Portincasa P, Vanberge-Henegouwen GP, van Erpecum KJ: Cholesterol saturation rather than phospholipid/bile salt ratio or protein content affects crystallization sequences in human gallbladder bile. Eur J Clin Invest. 2004, 34: 656-663. 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2004.01409.x.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Yago MD, Gonzalez V, Serrano P, Calpena R, Martinez MA, Martinez-Victoria E, Manas M: Effect of the type of dietary fat on biliary lipid composition and bile lithogenicity in humans with cholesterol gallstone disease. Nutrition. 2005, 21: 339-347. 10.1016/j.nut.2004.06.028.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Taylor DR, Crowther RS, Cozart JC, Sharrock P, Wu J, Soloway RD: Calcium Carbonate in Cholesterol Gallstones: Polymorphism, Distribution and Hypothesis About Pathogenesis. Hepatology. 1995, 22: 488-496. 10.1016/0270-9139(95)90570-7.
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Trotman BW, Soloway RD: Pigment Gallstone Disease: Summary of the National Institutes of Health - International Workshop. Hepatology. 1982, 2: 879-884.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Stringer MD, Taylor DR, Soloway RD: Gallstone composition: are children different?. J Pediatr. 2003, 142: 435-440. 10.1067/mpd.2003.159.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
Kleiner O, Ramesh J, Huleihel M, Cohen B, Kantarovich K, Levi C, Polyak B, Marks RS, Mordehai J, Cohen Z, Mordechai S: A comparative study of gallstones from children and adults using FTIR spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy. BMC Gastroenterol. 2002, 2: 3-10.1186/1471-230X-2-3.
Article
PubMed
PubMed Central
Google Scholar
Friedman GD, Kannel WB, Dawler TR: The epidemiology of gallstone disease: Observations in the Framingham study. J Chronic Dis. 1966, 19: 273-292. 10.1016/0021-9681(66)90132-9.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar
van Erpecum KJ, van Berge Henegouwen GP, Stoelwinder B, Stolk MF, Eggink WF, Govaert WH: Cholesterol and pigment gallstone disease: comparison of the reliability of three bile tests for differentiation between the two stone types. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1988, 23: 948-954.
Article
CAS
PubMed
Google Scholar