Medical and endoscopic treatment in primary sclerosing cholangitis

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 657-666

  Meier, Peter N ^a   Manns, Michael P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endoscopic interventions; Endoscopy; Medical treatment; Medication; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; COLESTYRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PHENOBARBITAL; RETINOL; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRURITUS; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034890411     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/bega.2001.0211     Document Type: Article

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