Diseases

Cholestasis

Impairment of bile flow due to obstruction in small bile ducts (INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS) or obstruction in large bile ducts (EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS).

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Impairment of bile flow due to obstruction in small bile ducts (INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS) or obstruction in large bile ducts (EXTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS).

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11 entry terms
  • Bile Duct Obstruction
  • Biliary Stasis
  • Bile Duct Obstructions
  • Biliary Stases
  • Cholestases
  • Duct Obstruction, Bile
  • Duct Obstructions, Bile
  • Obstruction, Bile Duct
  • Obstructions, Bile Duct
  • Stases, Biliary
  • Stasis, Biliary

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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1972 (1969)

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WI 753

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cholestasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002779. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002779
  2. Cholestasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholestasis
  3. Cholestasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1075923