title: Review article: bile acid therapy.
abstract: Over the past 3 years there has been a renewed interest in bile acid therapy not only because of the promising results obtained by combining this therapy with extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for rapid gallstone dissolution, but also because of its novel use as a treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis. This article reviews the use of bile acids for both these indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lanzini
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Northfield
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts