Recent advances in the development of farnesoid X receptor agonists

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ali, Ahmad H ^a   Carey, Elizabeth J ^a   Lindor, Keith D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR); Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); Obeticholic acid (OCA); Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC); Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015459213     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.12.06     Document Type: Review

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