Search results for: biliary obstruction

• Importance of Bile Composition for Diagnosis of Biliary Obstructions

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  • Ł. Krupa
  • R. Staroń
  • D. Dulko
  • N. Łozińska
  • A. Mackie
  • N. Rigby
  • A. Macierzanka
  • A. Markiewicz
  • C. Jungnickel

  - MOLECULES - Year 2021

  Determination of the cause of a biliary obstruction is often inconclusive from serum analysis alone without further clinical tests. To this end, serum markers as well as the composition of bile of 74 patients with biliary obstructions were determined to improve the diagnoses. The samples were collected from the patients during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The concentration of eight bile salts, specifically...

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