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Cheno- plus Ursodeoxycholic Acid

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Oral therapy for gallstones has, some say, induced more disillution than dissolution1,2; others are less pessimistic3. Few patients with gallstones fulfill the criteria for successful treatment4 and many are disappointed by the limited efficacy of dissolution therapy, or discouraged by its adverse effects, duration and cost.

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Podda, M., Zuin, M., Battezzati, P.M. (1988). Cheno- plus Ursodeoxycholic Acid. In: Northfield, T., Jazrawi, R., Zentler-Munro, P. (eds) Bile Acids in Health and Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1249-6_13

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