Calcipotriol - a synthetic form of vitamin D could be used as a potential new treatment for liver disease, say scientists. Liver fibrosis results from an excessive accumulation of tough, fibrous scar tissue and occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. In industrialized countries, the main causes of liver injury leading to fibrosis include chronic hepatitis virus infection, excess alcohol consumption and, increasingly, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ...Monday 29 April 2013
New Therapy for Liver Fibrosis Discovered
Calcipotriol - a synthetic form of vitamin D could be used as a potential new treatment for liver disease, say scientists. Liver fibrosis results from an excessive accumulation of tough, fibrous scar tissue and occurs in most types of chronic liver diseases. In industrialized countries, the main causes of liver injury leading to fibrosis include chronic hepatitis virus infection, excess alcohol consumption and, increasingly, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis ...
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