Negative Trials in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: Why They Happen and What They Teach Us

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 602-603

  Clark, Jeanne M ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Welch Ctr Prev   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 1542515158     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20121     Document Type: Editorial

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