Because 70% to 75% of patients with chronic hepatitis C either do not respond to or relapse after interferon (IFN) therapy, and because ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has been shown to reduce aminotransferase lev-TOLOGY 199% 21 :322-327.
Efficacy of combination therapy of interferon-α with ursodeoxycholic acid in chronic hepatitis C: A randomized controlled clinical trial
✍ Scribed by Shinichi Kiso; Sumio Kawata; Shinji Tamura; Yasuharu Imai; Yoshiaki Inui; Toshihiko Nagase; Yuichi Maeda; Eiji Yamasaki; Hirofumi Tsushima; Takumi Igura; Seiichi Himeno; Kouichi Seki; Yuji Matsuzawa
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 694 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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