title: [Thalassemia trait and the lithogenicity of bile].
abstract: The study of bile composition in thalassemic patients revealed a lithogenic bile even without gallstones. The lithogenic index was higher than in a group of colelithiasic non hemolytic patients. The possible correlation between lithogenic bile and congenital alteration of the lipidic metabolism in thalassemic patients is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000745:Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001646:Bile / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D012805:Sickle Cell Trait / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Tratto talassemico e litogenicità della bile.