Changes in the ultrastructure of gall bladder epithelium in rabbits with experimental gallstones.

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Gallstone is one of the most common diseases in the human society. Risk factors for stone formation are age, race, female sex, underlying disease, obesity and smoking. Some studies have mentioned probable relationship between gallstones and diabetes. Because of the high prevalence of diabetes in our country, it was decided to assess the relationship between gallstone formation and ...

The Effect of Amiodarone on the Ultrastructure of Ganglionic Neurons of Rabbit Heart

Purpose: This research has been carried out to study the morphological and ultrastructural changes of rabbit heart ganglionic neurons and nerve fibers after treatment with Amiodarone. Materials and Methods: 21 rabbits were divided into control and two experimental groups. The first experimental group for one week and the second experimental group for two weeks were injected intraperitoneally 8...

Ultrastructure of intestinal and gall-bladder epithelium in the teleost Gasterosteus aculeatus

Increased incidence of biliary sludge and normal gall bladder contractility in patients with high spinal cord injury.

BACKGROUND Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) have an increased prevalence of gallstones. AIMS To study prospectively the incidence of gallstones and gall bladder contractility in patients with SCI. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty six consecutive patients with SCI were studied: 18 patients with SCI above thoracic 10 neuronal segment (> T10) and 18 patients with SCI below T10 (< T10). An equ...

Experimental gallstones: an adventure in biological geology.

.... The Framingham Study was the first attempt to discover just how commonly gall bladder disease occurs . . . in the United States. That such a survey should not have been made before 1966 is sad evidence of an apathetic attitude toward the cause of gallstones.... At the age of fifty-five to sixtyfour, 10 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women have gallstones, or, in absolute terms, 2.5 to ...