The nordic multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial of prophylactic ursodeoxycholic acid in liver transplant patients

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1591-1594

  Keiding, Susanne ^a   Höckerstedt, Krister ^b   Bjøro, Kristian ^c   Bondesen, Stig ^d   Hjortrup, Allan ^d   Isoniemi, Helena ^b   Erichsen, Christian ^c   Söderdahl, Gunnar ^e   Ericzon, Bo Göran ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0342762045     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199706150-00009     Document Type: Article

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