Does folinic acid have a choleretic effect on humans?

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-105

  Karakayali, Feza Y ^a,b   Bayar, Sancar ^a   Hazinedaroǧlu, Selçuk ^a   Şahin, Fevzi ^a   Karayalçin, Kaan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bile production; Choleresis; Folinic acid

Indexed keywords

CHOLERETIC AGENT; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE FLOW; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT NEOPLASMS; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042026635     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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