Fibrates as adjuvant therapy for chronic cholestatic liver disease: Its time has come

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1691-1693

  Ghonem, Nisanne S ^a   Boyer, James L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 [2 [2 CHLORO 4 [3 (2,6 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 4 ISOXAZOLYLMETHOXY]PHENYL]VINYL]BENZOIC ACID; ABCG5 PROTEIN; ABCG8 PROTEIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEZAFIBRATE; BILIARY ENZYME; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; CYTOKINE; ENZYME; FARNESOID X RECEPTOR; FENOFIBRATE; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA GLUTAMATE TRANSFERASE; GEMFIBROZIL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; TRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC CHOLESTATIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATIGUE; GENE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; POLYDIPSIA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE FAMILIAL INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS TYPE 1; PRURITUS; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION;

ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BEZAFIBRATE; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 84876740678     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26155     Document Type: Article

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