Risk factors associated with gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy

BOLUKBAS F. F., BOLUKBAS C., HOROZ M., Ince A. T., UZUNKOY A., OZTURK A., ...More

JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, vol.21, no.7, pp.1150-1153, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04444.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1150-1153
  • Keywords: biliary sludge, gallbadder ejection fraction, gallstone, multiple childbirths, CONTRACEPTIVE STEROIDS, GALLBLADDER FUNCTION, OVULATORY CYCLE, HUMAN FEMALE, GUINEA-PIG, BILE-ACIDS, DISEASE, CHOLELITHIASIS, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, POPULATION
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aim: To define the risk factors in gallstone and sludge formation, and to investigate the incidence of gallstone and biliary sludge formation during pregnancy in a group of healthy pregnant women.