A randomized double-blind study of the short-time treatment of obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with ursodeoxycholic acid

A randomized double-blind study of the short-time treatment of obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with ursodeoxycholic acid

In order to determine the effect of ursodeoxycholic acid on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, 30 patients with body mass indices higher than 25, serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) at least more than 1.5 times the u...

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Main Authors: V.N. Santos, V.P. Lanzoni, J. Szejnfeld, D. Shigueoka, E.R. Parise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2003-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Fatty liver
Ursodeoxycholic acid
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