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Our experimental investigations indicate that the change in the hydrogen-ion concentration of gall bladder bile is an important factor in the etiology of gall stones.
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From the research section of the Department of Gastro-Enterology and the Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland.
The expense of this work was defrayed in part by the Julius Friedenwald Experimental Fund.
Read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Atlantic City, N. J., December 28, 1936.
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Feldman, M., Morrison, S., Carr, C.J. et al. A contribution to the etiology of gall stones. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 4, 223–225 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999901
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02999901