The effect of external drainage of bile on cholesterolemia.
The cholesterolopenic phenomenon--decrease of up to 30% for total cholesterol and up to 23% for esterified cholesterol--has been obtained as an effect of external drainage of bile from the common biliary duct.
D001646:Bile; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000097:blood; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood*
D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D002784:Cholesterol