Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: Prospective, multicenter cohort study. SETTING: Eight Veterans Affairs Hospitals. PATIENTS: A cohort of 273 male patients enrolled in a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study performed to evaluate the efficacy of oxandrolone in combination with nutritional supplementation in moderate or severe alcoholic hepatitis. MEASUREMENTS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | G P Gubbins, T E Moritz, L S Marsano, R Talwalkar, C J McClain, C L Mendenhall |
Journal | The American journal of gastroenterology
(Am J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 88
Issue 11
Pg. 1906-10
(Nov 1993)
ISSN: 0002-9270 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8237940
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Ammonia
(metabolism)
- Cohort Studies
- Helicobacter Infections
(epidemiology)
- Helicobacter pylori
(isolation & purification, metabolism)
- Hepatic Encephalopathy
(epidemiology, microbiology)
- Hepatitis, Alcoholic
(epidemiology, microbiology, therapy)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oxandrolone
(therapeutic use)
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
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