Tuesday, November 15, 2011

vitamin E and Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Posted by Chantel M. Contributed by US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health

Acccording to the study of "Pioglitazone, vitamin E, or placebo for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis" by
Sanyal AJ, Chalasani N, Kowdley KV, McCullough A, Diehl AM, Bass NM, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Lavine JE, Tonascia J, Unalp A, Van Natta M, Clark J, Brunt EM, Kleiner DE, Hoofnagle JH, Robuck PR; NASH CRN., posted in US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, researchers indicated that Vitamin E was superior to placebo for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in adults without diabetes. There was no benefit of pioglitazone over placebo for the primary outcome; however, significant benefits of pioglitazone were observed for some of the secondary outcomes.

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