"Gallstones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.
Descriptor ID |
D042882
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MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.409.633 C06.130.564.332.500 C23.300.175.525
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Concept/Terms |
Gallstones- Gallstones
- Gallstone
- Gall Stones
- Biliary Calculi
- Calculi, Biliary
- Gall Stone
Common Bile Duct Calculi- Common Bile Duct Calculi
- Gallstones, Common Bile Duct
- Common Bile Duct Gallstones
- Gall Stones, Common Bile Duct
- Biliary Calculi, Common Bile Duct
- Common Bile Duct Gall Stones
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1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gallstones" by people in Profiles.
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Carrying asymptomatic gallstones is not associated with changes in intestinal microbiota composition and diversity but cholecystectomy with significant dysbiosis. Sci Rep. 2021 03 23; 11(1):6677.
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Detection of epistatic effects with logic regression and a classical linear regression model. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol. 2014 Feb; 13(1):83-104.
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Genetic and functional identification of the likely causative variant for cholesterol gallstone disease at the ABCG5/8 lithogenic locus. Hepatology. 2013 Jun; 57(6):2407-17.
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Loci from a genome-wide analysis of bilirubin levels are associated with gallstone risk and composition. Gastroenterology. 2010 Dec; 139(6):1942-1951.e2.
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[Short version of the updated S3 (level 3) guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of gallstones of the German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases and the German Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract]. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2008 Feb; 133(7):311-6.
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[S3-guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of gallstones. German Society for Digestive and Metabolic Diseases and German Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract]. Z Gastroenterol. 2007 Sep; 45(9):971-1001.
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[Surgical therapy in cholecysto-/choledocholithiasis. Results of a Germany-wide questionnaire sent to 859 clinics with 123,090 cases of cholecystectomy]. Chirurg. 2001 Oct; 72(10):1171-8.
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[Value of intraoperative cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy]. Zentralbl Chir. 1997; 122(12):1078-82.