title: High serum cholestanol and low campesterol/sitosterol ratio indicate severe liver damage and liver transplantation in primary biliary cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nikkilä
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Höckerstedt
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Miettinen
mesh_terms: D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010840:Phytosterols; D012016:Reference Values; D012855:Sitosterols / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010840:Phytosterols; D012855:Sitosterols; C021273:campesterol; C025473:gamma-sitosterol; D002784:Cholesterol; D001663:Bilirubin