Survival in ursodeoxycholic acid-treated patients with biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by AM Bonnand; RE Poupon
- Book ID
- 118519667
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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Eosinophilia is a distinctive feature of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), especially in its early stages. Intriguingly, treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) ameliorates eosinophilia as well as liver tests in patients with PBC. It remains unknown, however, whether eosinophils in PBC patients ar
BackgroundlAims: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) was conducted in 180 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) to define the efficacy and safety of UDCA Efficacy was assessed by time to treatment failure defined as death; liver transplantation; histologic