Tu1004 Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy Improves Survival of Non-Caucasian Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis With Limited Liver Transplantation Availability
β Scribed by Melchor-Mendoza, Yazmin K.; Moran, Segundo; Hawat, Aline Mina; Rodriguez-Leal, Gustavo; Torre, Aldo; Uribe, Misael
- Book ID
- 123447806
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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As ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) delays the need for transplantation, this could result in patients with more comorbid disease, therefore more likely to have a worse outcome posttransplantation. The aim of this study is to compare posttransplantation outcome in patients who received UDCA versus placeb
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