Pioglitazone and vitamin E for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: A cost utility analysis
β Scribed by Mahady, Suzanne E.; Wong, Germaine; Craig, Jonathan C.; George, Jacob
- Book ID
- 118759136
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 526 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common chronic liver disease for which there is no known effective therapy. A proportion of patients with NASH progress to advanced fibrosis and cirrhosis. NASH is considered one of the clinical features of the metabolic syndrome in which insulin resistance p
BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is a common liver disease that can progress to cirrhosis. Currently, there is no established treatment for this disease. METHODS: We randomly assigned 247 adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and without diabetes to receive pioglitazone at a dose of 30 mg