A study of oral nutritional support with oxandrolone in malnourished patients with alcoholic hepatitis: Results of a department of veterans affairs cooperative study

Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 564-576

  Mendenhall, Charles L ^a   Moritz, Thomas E ^b   Roselle, Gary A ^a   Morgan, Timothy R ^a   Nemchausky, Bernard A ^b   Tamburro, Carlo H ^a   Schiff, Eugene R ^a   McClain, Craig J ^a   Marsano, Luis S ^a   Allen, John I ^a   Samanta, Arun ^a   Weesner, Robert E ^a   Henderson, William ^b   Gartside, Peter ^a   Chen, Thomas S ^a   French, Samuel W ^c   Chedid, Antonio ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXANDROLONE; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; REMISSION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OXANDROLONE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027513259     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840170407     Document Type: Article

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