title: [Treatment of cholesterol gallstones with ursodesoxycholic acid (author's transl)].
abstract: A double-blind clinical trial comparing ursodesoxycholic acid and chenodesoxycholic acid in patients with cholesterol stones in the gall-bladder showed that ursodesoxycholic acid was superior to the older drug not so much in percentage of biliary calculi dissolved but in dosage reduction (50%) and improved clinical and biological tolerance.
mesh_terms: D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002784:Cholesterol; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003840:Deoxycholic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D003840:Deoxycholic Acid; D002635:Chenodeoxycholic Acid; D014580:Ursodeoxycholic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Traitement de la lithiase biliaire cholestérolique par l'acide ursodésoxycholique. Résultats d'une étude multicentrique en double insu.