Pilot study for a trial of ursodeoxycholic acid and/or early delivery for obstetric cholestasis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gurung, Vinita ^a   Williamson, Catherine ^b   Chappell, Lucy ^c   Chambers, Jenny ^b   Briley, Annette ^c   Pipkin, Fiona ^a   Thornton, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRIC CHOLESTASIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROCESS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; ADOLESCENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLESTASIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 67649185847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-19     Document Type: Article

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