Treatment with Metadoxine and its impact on early mortality in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis

Treatment with Metadoxine and its impact on early mortality in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis

Background & Aim. Despite treatment with glucocorticoids, mortality remains high in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis. Oxidative stress and depletion of mitochondrial glutathione are implicated factors in liver injury. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the addition o...

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Main Authors: Fátima Higuera-de la Tijera, Alfredo I. Servín-Caamaño, Javier Cruz-Herrera, Aurora E. Serralde-Zúñiga, Juan M. Abdo-Francis, Gabriela Gutiérrez-Reyes, José L. Pérez-Hernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Early survival
Prednisone
Theraphy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119308634

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