Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1755-1762.e2 , May 2010

Pentoxifylline Does Not Decrease Short-term Mortality but Does Reduce Complications in Patients With Advanced Cirrhosis

  • Didier Lebrec

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, Unité 773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicle Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Paris, France and Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Dr Didier Lebrec, INSERM, Hôpital Beaujon, 92100 Clichy, France
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  • Dominique Thabut

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Pitié Salpêtrière, APHP-UPMC Liver Center, Paris, France
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  • Frederic Oberti

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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  • Jean–Marc Perarnau

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Trousseau, Tours, France
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  • Bertrand Condat

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Saint Camille, Bry-sur-Marne, France
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  • Helene Barraud

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux de Brabois, Vandoeuvre, France
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  • Faouzi Saliba

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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  • Nicolas Carbonell

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France
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  • Philippe Renard

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France
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  • Marie–Jose Ramond

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, Unité 773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicle Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Paris, France and Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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  • Richard Moreau

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, Unité 773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicle Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Paris, France and Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France
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  • Thierry Poynard

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie, Groupe Pitié Salpêtrière, APHP-UPMC Liver Center, Paris, France
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  • Pentocir Group

      Affiliations

    • Investigators of the Pentocir Group are listed in the Appendix

Received 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by a grant from the French Ministry of Health. The sponsor was the Département de la Recherche Clinique et du Développement, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (PHRC AOM03120).

PII: S0016-5085(10)00109-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.040

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 5 , Pages 1755-1762.e2 , May 2010

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