Editorial: Bile acid profiles in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: Is this the solution to the enigma of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 596-598

  Sinakos, Emmanouil ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; TAUROCHOLIC ACID; TAURODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PRURITUS GRAVIDARUM; REVIEW; BLOOD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRURITUS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 77749277164     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.639     Document Type: Review

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