Abstract:INTRODUCTION: Gallstone disease is a common clinical condition affecting the adult population of
both sexes. Iron deciency was found to be a new parameter in aetiology of gallstones[5, 6,7]. Iron
deciency has been shown to alter the activity of several hepatic enzymes, leading to increased gallbladder cholesterol
saturation and promotion of cholesterol crystal formation[8, 9]. Iron acts as a coenzyme for nitric oxide synthetase (NOS), which
synthesizes nitric oxide (NO) important for the maintenance of gallb… Show more
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