Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 429-433 , February 2010

The Role of Bile Acids in Gallstone-Induced Pancreatitis

  • Markus M. Lerch

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Markus M. Lerch MD, FRCP, Department of Medicine A, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Friedrich-Loeffler-Str. 23A, 17475 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Ali A. Aghdassi

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding The authors' own work is supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft LE 625/8-1, LE 625/9-1, DFG GRK 840 E3 and E4, Mildred Scheel Stiftung 10-2031-Le I and 10-6977-Re, BMBF-NBL3 01 ZZ 0403, Novartis Foundation, the Gerhard-Domagk-Graduate School of Greifswald University, and Alfried-Krupp Foundation (Graduiertenkolleg Tumorbiologie).

PII: S0016-5085(09)02154-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.12.012

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 2 , Pages 429-433 , February 2010

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