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Bile acid metabolism in hepatobiliary diseases

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Bile acids are formed in the liver from cholesterol, and before their excretion into bile they are conjugated at their carboxyl groups with the amino acids glycine or taurine. Monohydroxy bile acids in addition are in part sulphated at their hydroxyl group1.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Schöbeinstrasse 40, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland

    L. Bianchi

  2. University Medical Clinic, University of Freiburg, West Germany

    W. Gerok

  3. Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City, University of New York, USA

    H. Popper

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Stiehl, A. (1985). Bile acid metabolism in hepatobiliary diseases. In: Bianchi, L., Gerok, W., Popper, H. (eds) Trends in Hepatology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4904-1_5

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