Fibrate for treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Iwasaki, Shinji ^a   Akisawa, Naoaki ^a   Saibara, Toshiji ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrate; Phosphatidylcholine flippase; Phospholipid; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEZAFIBRATE; BILE ACID; BILIRUBIN; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIPID BILE LEVEL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348900226     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00232.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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