A Prospective Morphologic Evaluation of Hepatic Toxicity of Chenodeoxycholic Acid in Patients with Cholelithiasis: The National Cooperative Gallstone Study

Rosemarie L. Fisher, Deborah W. Anderson, James L. Boyer, Kamal Ishak, Gerald Klatskin, John M. Lachin, M. James Phillips, The Steering Committee, The National Cooperative Gallstone Study Group – 1 March 1982 – A sample of 126 patients with cholelithiasis was treated with chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) (375 or 750 mg g.d.) for 2 years. Hepatotoxicity was assessed by sequential light (LM) and electron microscopic (EM) analysis of liver biopsies obtained before and after 9 and 24 months of therapy.

An Evaluation of Cellular Lineages in the Pathogenesis of Experimental Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Stewart Sell, Hyam L. Leffert – 1 January 1982 – Analysis of liver from rats exposed to chemical hepatocarcinogens has led to a model that postulates sequential premalignant changes, culminating in hepatoma formation from neoplastic nodules. Several experimental protocols devised during the last quarter century have focused upon this lineage model. But proof that neoplastic nodules are the definitive premalignant lesions has not been achieved.

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