Items for "ursodeoxycholic acid"

Randomized prospective comparative study of ursodeoxycholic acid and S-adenosyl-L-methionine in the treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

Aim: To compare the efficacy of the ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) monotherapy with their combined effect on intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).

Patients and methods: We studied singleton pregnancies at <36 weeks with a moderate or severe form of ICP between January 1999 and March 2004...

Keywords: Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, ursodeoxycholic acid