Combination therapy with oral ursodeoxycholic and chenodeoxycholic acids: pretreatment computed tomography of the gall bladder improves gall stone dissolution efficacy.

In a five year study, 55 patients with radiolucent gall stones were treated with the combination of 7.5 mg chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) and 5.0 mg ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)/kg/day--that is, half the monotherapeutic doses. Side effects were few but four patients could not tolerate the prescribed bi...

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Main Authors: Walters, J R, Hood, K A, Gleeson, D, Ellul, J P, Keightley, A, Murphy, G M, Dowling, R H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1992
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1373832/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1568659
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