Primary Bile Duct Stones and Bacterial Activity
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Primary Bile Duct Stones and Bacterial Activity
The results of this study suggest that infection with beta-glucuronidase active bacteria is the initial event in the nucleation of primary bile duct stones (PBDS). PBDS from five patients were morphologically fragile and "earthy" with alternating light and dark brown pigment layers with no evidence of a distinct central nucleus that may have been reminiscent of a different structure. Chemically...
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عنوان ژورنال: HPB Surgery
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0894-8569
DOI: 10.1155/1992/81017