Review article: bile acid therapy.
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.
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Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Brescia, Italy.
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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*
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts