title: Efficacy of liraglutide in a patient with type 2 diabetes and cryptogenic cirrhosis.
abstract: In this work Author presents a case report of a female patient of 65 years old who had suffered from type 2 diabetes mellitus and from concomitant cryptogenic cirrhosis. She was treated with liraglutide, an analogue of human GLP-1, obtaining an optimal metabolic control associated with an improved clinical condition for the cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: UOC Medicina Interna M. Valentini, Ospedale Annunziata, Cosenza. eudam@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Amico
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D054795:Incretins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000069450:Liraglutide; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D054795:Incretins; D000069450:Liraglutide; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1