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GALLSTONES may grow from microspheroliths, non-crystalline associations of cholesterol, pigment or calcium carbonate1,2; these spherical structures have been observed to aggregate and crystallize, but their composition and nature have never been well defined.
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OLSZEWSKI, M., HOLZBACH, R., SAUPE, A. et al. Liquid Crystals in Human Bile. Nature 242, 336–337 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/242336a0
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