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Successful treatment with lamivudine for severe hepatitis related to chemotherapy in mutant -type HBV carriers with gastric lymphoma
No full textEchodoppler of the inferior mesenteric artery in monitoring response to therapy in patients suffering from acute ulceratibe colitis
No full textThe effect of dihydroxydibutylether on bile lipid composition in patients with gallstones
No full textDihydroxydibutylether (DHBE, 900 mg/day, in divided doses) was given to 13 patients with radiolucent gallstones. Bile lipid composition and bile saturation were studied before treatment and after 1 and 2 months of therapy. Bile was collected by duodenal intubation (after cerulein-induced gallbladder contraction) in each patient, and biliary lipids were estimated with standard laboratory techniques. The results of this study showed that DHBE treatment was associated with a significant (p less than 0.01) reduction of bile saturation with cholesterol (saturation index: 1.37 +/- 0.39 before treatment, 1.14 +/- 0.35 after 1 month, and 1.08 +/- 0.29 after 2 months). The possible mechanism of this effect and the clinical relevance are discussed
