Bezafibrate for the treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis
โ Scribed by Suguru Mizuno; Kenji Hirano; Minoru Tada; Keisuke Yamamoto; Yoko Yashima; Hiroshi Yagioka; Kazumichi Kawakubo; Yukiko Ito; Hirofumi Kogure; Takashi Sasaki; Toshihiko Arizumi; Osamu Togawa; Saburo Matsubara; Yousuke Nakai; Naoki Sasahira; Takeshi Tsujino; Hiroyuki Isayama; Takao Kawabe; Masao Omata; Kazuhiko Koike
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 168 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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Background: No established medical therapy alters the progressive course of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Objective: To explore the potential usefulness of combined therapy with azathioprine, steroids and ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Design: Case series. Setting:
Previous controlled trials are inconclusive regarding the efficacy of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) for treating primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). One hundred fifty adult patients with PSC were enrolled in a long-term, randomized, double-blind controlled trial of highdose UDCA (28-30 mg/kg/day) ve