The clinical role of the bile acids in selected paediatric and surgical diseases.
This article contains basic information on the chemical structure, formation of the micelle, biosynthesis of the bile acids and its control, as well as entero-hepatic circulation of bile acids. Physiological function and the most serious disorders of bile acids in the course of diarrhoea in children are described. Some possibilities of clinical use of the bile acids are also evaluated, such as the conservative treatment of cholecystolithiasis or the monitoring of liver function in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.
Polkowska
Grazyna
G
Department of Paediatrics, Medical University of Lublin.
Polkowski
Wojciech P
WP
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts