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. 2016 Apr;7(2):80-81.
doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2015-100615. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

Pentoxifylline is ineffective in treating severe alcoholic hepatitis

Philip Hendy

Pentoxifylline is ineffective in treating severe alcoholic hepatitis

Philip Hendy. Frontline Gastroenterol. 2016 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST.

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