Abstract
The study of bile composition in thalassemic patients revealed a lithogenic bile even without gallstones. The lithogenic index was higher than in a group of colelithiasic non hemolytic patients. The possible correlation between lithogenic bile and congenital alteration of the lipidic metabolism in thalassemic patients is discussed.
MeSH terms
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Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / physiopathology
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Anemia, Sickle Cell / physiopathology*
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Bile / analysis
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Bile / physiology*
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Cholelithiasis / etiology*
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Cholesterol / analysis
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Humans
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Liver Diseases / complications
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Liver Diseases / physiopathology
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Phospholipids / analysis
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Sickle Cell Trait / complications
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Sickle Cell Trait / metabolism
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Sickle Cell Trait / physiopathology*
Substances
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Phospholipids
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Cholesterol