Betaine for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Results of a... : Hepatology (original) (raw)

Steatohepatitis/Metabolic Liver Disease

Results of a randomized placebo‐controlled trial†

Abdelmalek, Manal F.*,1,4,‡; Sanderson, Schuyler O.2,8; Angulo, Paul2,8; Soldevila‐Pico, Consuelo1,5; Liu, Chen2,5; Peter, Joy1,5; Keach, Jill1,7; Cave, Matt1,6,7; Chen, Theresa3,7; McClain, Craig J.1,2,6,7; Lindor, Keith D.1,8

1Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Durham, North Carolina

2Department of Pathology, Durham, North Carolina

3Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Durham, North Carolina

4Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

5University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

6University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

7Louisville VA Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota

8Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Hepatobiliary Disease, Duke University, P.O. Box 3913, Durham, NC 27710===

Received February 27, 2009

Accepted August 05, 2009