Impact of ursodeoxycholic acid on circulating lipid concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Abstract Objective The aim of this meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials was to examine whether ursodeoxycholic acid treatment is an effective lipid-lowering agent. Methods PubMed-Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science and Google Scholar databases were searched in order to find randomized c...

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Main Authors: Luis E. Simental-Mendía, Mario Simental-Mendía, Adriana Sánchez-García, Maciej Banach, Maria-Corina Serban, Arrigo F. G. Cicero, Amirhossein Sahebkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Subjects:
LDL
HDL
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-019-1041-4