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Abstract
In recent years the role of cholesterol in hepatic disease has been somewhat better understood. Fairly characteristic patterns of serum cholesterol and cholesterol esters occur in obstructive and parenchymatous jaundice. While the determinations for cholesterol and its esters may aid in the differential diagnosis of jaundice, their chief value appears to be that of determining the prognosis in jaundiced patients. The role of cholesterol in several diseases of the hepatic and extrahepatic biliary tract is reviewed.Entities:
Keywords: BILIARY TRACT; CHOLESTEROL; LIVER DISEASE
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Year: 1950 PMID: 14792338 PMCID: PMC1520771
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Calif Med ISSN: 0008-1264