Medical Grand Rounds
Primary biliary cirrhosis: Ursodiol effective, but think transplantation sooner
Robert L. Carithers, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 1998, 65 (4) 174-176;
William S. Wilke
Robert L. Carithers Jr
Professor of medicine, director of the hepatology section, and medical director of the liver transplantation program, University of Washington, Seattle; investigator, US multicenter study on ursodiol therapy for primary biliary cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT
Ursodiol may slow the progression of primary biliary cirrhosis, but treatment is still mainly palliative, and liver transplantation is the only definitive therapy.
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: Ursodiol effective, but think transplantation sooner
Robert L. Carithers
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