The reversed feto-maternal bile acid gradient in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy is corrected by ursodeoxycholic acid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Geenes, Victoria ^a   Lövgren Sandblom, Anita ^b   Benthin, Lisbet ^b   Lawrance, Dominic ^a   Chambers, Jenny ^a   Gurung, Vinita ^c   Thornton, Jim ^c   Chappell, Lucy ^d   Khan, Erum ^a   Dixon, Peter ^a,d   Marschall, Hanns Ulrich ^e   Williamson, Catherine ^a,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHENODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; LITHOCHOLIC ACID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TAURINE; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 84897414519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083828     Document Type: Article

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