Effects of ursodeoxycholic acid and colestilan versus ursodeoxycholic acid alone on serum bile acids and pruritus: A randomized, open-label study

Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-229

  Yokomori, Hiroaki ^a   Oda, Masaya ^b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colestilan; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Pruritus; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLIC ACID; COLESTILAN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035054671     PISSN: 0011393X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-393X(01)80033-3     Document Type: Article

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