Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1552-1560 , November 2008

Portal Hypertension and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Effect of Long-Term Ursodeoxycholic Acid Treatment

  • Pierre–Michel Huet

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • INSERM Unité 568, Liver Unit, Hôpital l'Archet 2, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Pierre–Michel Huet, MD, PhD, Domaine de la Bastide (No7), 442 Route de l'Aire Saint-Michel, 06950, Falicon, France
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  • Catherine Vincent

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Julie Deslaurier

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Jean Coté

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Shoichi Matsutami

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Robert Boileau

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Jacline Huet–van Kerckvoorde

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Received 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 17 July 2008.

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 S.M's current affiliation is: Chiba College of Health Science, Chiba, Japan.

 The authors disclose the following: Supported in part by a university/industry grant from the National Research Council of Canada and Interfalk Canada (1988–1991) and by an unrestricted grant from Jouveinal Canada (1991–1995).

 None of the authors have any conflict of interest to disclose with companies making the concerned or a competing product. The authors were collectively responsible for the study design, data collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the manuscript; and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. There was no writing assistance.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01329-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.07.019

Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 5 , Pages 1552-1560 , November 2008