Currently, many Amerindian peoples, including European‐Amerindian admixed groups
such as Mexicans, are experiencing a major epidemic of a series of diseases which includes …

Bridging the gap between basic scientific advances and the understanding of liver disease—
the extensively revised new edition of the premier text in the field. The latest edition of The …

That deoxycholic acid (DCA) may havea role in cholesterol gall stone formation has been
discussed on several occasions'but authoritative reviews of gall stone pathogenesis fail to …

During a 7 year period, 200 consecutive morbidly obese patients underwent a standardized
gastric exclusion procedure. Group A was composed of the first 120 patients and Group B of …

The mechanisms for the hypolipidemic action of nicotinic acid were examined in 12 patients
with hyperlipidemia. Most patients were studied in the hospital on a metabolic ward. The first …

The effects of obesity and caloric intake on biliary lipid metabolism were investigated in a
series of related studies. The degree of saturation of gallbladder bile with cholesterol was …

There is considerable evidence that the level of deoxycholic acid in the bile influences
biliary cholesterol saturation. Deoxycholic acid is formed in the colon and absorbed slowly …

Hepatic secretions of biliary lipids were estimated in 43 patients with and without cholesterol
gallstones. Studies were carried out by a marker dilution technique employing duodenal …

Studies were carried out on the effects of polyunsaturated fats on lipid metabolism in 11
patients with hypertriglyceridemia. During cholesterol balance studies performed in eight …

Background & Aims: Many patients with cholesterol gallbladder stones (GBS) have a high
percentage of deoxycholic acid (DCA) in gallbladder bile (all of which are in the conjugated …