Use of ursodeoxycholic acid in liver diseases
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- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Vol. 16 (1), 3-14
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02376.x
Abstract
Ursodeoxycholic acid is currently the only established drug for the treatment of chronic cholestatic liver diseases. It has cytoprotective, anti‐apoptotic, membrane stabilizing, anti‐oxidati...Keywords
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