[Cholestasis. Recent diagnostic and therapeutic acquisitions]

Recenti Prog Med. 2003 Jan;94(1):19-24.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

New acquisitions in the field of physiopathology of biliary secretion and the improvement of methods for evaluating the biliary tree allowed a significant progress in the development of new diagnostic procedure and new therapeutical strategies for patients with cholestatic syndromes. The main novelties are here discussed.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cholangiography
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / drug therapy
  • Cholelithiasis / diagnosis
  • Cholelithiasis / therapy
  • Cholestasis / diagnosis*
  • Cholestasis / therapy*
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / diagnosis
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / drug therapy
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / genetics
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / metabolism
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / therapy
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / drug therapy
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / mortality
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meta-Analysis as Topic
  • Mutation
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid