Pentoxifylline for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-286

  van Wagner, Lisa B ^a   Koppe, Sean W P ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^b   Gottstein, Jeanne ^a   Gardikiotes, Konstantina ^a   Green, Richard M ^a   Rinella, Mary E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Non alcoholic fatty liver disease; Obesity; TNF alpha; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLACEBO; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UROKINASE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INSOMNIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NAUSEA; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEATOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79959446947     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31539-x     Document Type: Article

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