Combined endoscopic and ursodeoxycholic acid treatment of biliary cast syndrome in a non-transplant patient

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 5223-5225

  Katsinelos, Panagiotis ^a   Kountouras, Jannis ^b   Chatzimavroudis, Grigoris ^a   Zavos, Christos ^b   Pilpilidis, Ioannis ^a   Paroutoglou, George ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biliary cast; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUE;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIARY CAST SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTITIS; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 58149241089     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5223     Document Type: Article

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