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Effect of fibrate treatment on liver function tests in patients with the metabolic syndrome

BACKGROUND: Fibrates are used especially in patients with hypertriglyceridaemia, a feature of the metabolic syndrome. Elevated LFTs are often observed in these patients perhaps related to fatty infiltration. AIM: We wished to study changes seen in LFTs (GGT, ALT and ALP) following fibrate therapy an...

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Autores principales: Gandhi, Nirav, Lenton, Richard, Bhartia, Mithun, Abbas, Ahmed, Raju, Jessie, Ramachandran, Sudarshan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455467
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-14