Serum 7Ξ±βhydroxycholesterol reflects hep
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Shuichiro Okamoto; Kazuhisa Fukushima; Hidetaka Higashijima; Ichiro Makino; Masa
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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To examine the hypothesis that serum levels of 7a-hydroxycholesterol reflect bile acid synthesis in the liver, we analyzed serum 7a-hydroxycholesterol and bile acid output in 13 patients with obstructive jaundice after relief of biliary obstruction. Before biliary drainage, the serum level of 7a-hyd