Trials in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Need for the Right Drugs at the Right Time

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 900-902

  Poupon, Raoul ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BILIRUBIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 1842480351     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20188     Document Type: Editorial

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