Pentoxifylline improves nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

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Published in Hepatology on August 24, 2011

Authors

Claudia O Zein1, Lisa M Yerian, Prema Gogate, Rocio Lopez, John P Kirwan, Ariel E Feldstein, Arthur J McCullough

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44915, USA. zeinc@ccf.org

Associated clinical trials:

Pentoxifylline in Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis | NCT00590161

Pentoxifylline Therapy in Biliary Atresia | NCT01774487

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