A randomized trial of antioxidant therapy alone or with corticosteroids in acute alcoholic hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-283

  Stewart, Stephen ^a   Prince, Martin ^a   Bassendine, Margaret ^a,b   Hudson, Mark ^b   James, Oliver ^a,b   Jones, David ^a,b   Record, Chris ^b   Day, Christopher P ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholic hepatitis; Antioxidants; Clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOTIN; COPPER; CORTICOSTEROID; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; RETINOL; UBIQUINONE; ZINC;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BILIRUBIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34347401402     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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