Search for dissertations about: "Cholesterol gallstone disease"

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  2. 1. Crohn's disease in Stockholm County : epidemiological panorama and associated gallstone disease

    Author : Annika Lapidus; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Bile acid; biliary lipids; bilirubin; cholesterol; colon; Crohn s disease; epidemiology; gallstone; ileal resection; incidence; prevalence; prognosis.;

    Abstract : Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of obscure etiology, affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract but the ileocaecal region in particular. The annual incidence has gradually been increasing, and the clinical pattern has changed; a shift towards colorectal involvement as well as an increasing number of elderly patients has been observed. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cholesterol gallstone disease in the gallbladder : mechanisms of gallstone formation and cancer development

    Author : Ulf Gustafsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Ingen sammanfattning tillgänglig. / No abstract available... READ MORE

  5. 3. Studies on cholesterol and bile acid metabolism in Chinese cholesterol gallstone patients

    Author : Zhao-Yan Jiang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Cholesterol gallstone disease; ABCG5 ABCG5; SRBI; ACAT2; Gender; Bile acids; Liver; Intestine;

    Abstract : Liver and intestine are important organs for the metabolism of cholesterol and bile acids in the body. Dysfunction in cholesterol and bile acid metabolism may lead to diseases such as cholesterol gallstone (GS) disease and atherosclerosis. READ MORE

  6. 4. Gallstone disease in a Swedish population : an epidemiological investigation

    Author : Olle Muhrbeck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Cholelithiasis; cholecystectomy; cholesterol; epidemiologySweden; incidence; lathosterol; mass screening; prevalence; risk factors; symptoms; ultrasonography; 7-a-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one;

    Abstract : The main objective of the present thesis was to study the prevalence of gallstone disease in a community survey in Danderyd. Symptoms and risk factors for gallstone disease and the changing incidence of cholecystectomy in Stockholm County was also studied. READ MORE

  7. 5. Epidemiological and clinical aspects of non-acute gallstone disease

    Author : Gunnar E. Persson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND Gallstones are common in many countries, but few patients develop severe complications. Fatal complications are rare and affect chiefly the very old. Gallstones may be an aetiological factor for gallbladder cancer, which has a poor prognosis but seldom occurs in young people. The risk of developing gallbladder cancer is small. READ MORE