Ursodeoxycholic acid for intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: Good for the mother, not bad for the baby

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Carey, Elizabeth J ^a   White, Paula ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS OF PREGNANCY; NOTE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 84891936787     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101298     Document Type: Note

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