Prospective, multicenter study on value of computerized tomography (CT) in gallstone disease in predicting response to bile acid therapy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 1956-1962

  Petroni, M Letizia ^a,b,c   Jazrawi, Riadh P ^a,b,c   Grundy, Alan ^a,b,c   Lanzini, Alberto ^a,b,c   Pigozzi, M Gracielle ^a,b,c   Biasio, Alberto ^a,b,c   Healton, Kenneth W ^a,b,c   Virjee, James ^a,b,c   Northfield, Timothy C ^a,b,c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bile acids; bile salts; cholelithiasis; computerized tomography; gallbladder disease

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; BILENOR; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0028845038     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02208664     Document Type: Article

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