Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	3997
Country	Italy

Received	2013-06-07 09:13
Peer-Review Started	2013-06-07 11:42
To Make the First Decision	2013-06-24 10:29
Return for Revision	2013-07-01 13:25
Revised	2013-07-12 20:59
Second Decision	2013-07-18 15:11
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2013-07-19 03:37
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Typeset the Manuscript	2013-08-05 18:50
Publish the Manuscript Online	2013-08-19 18:22

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Editorial
Article Title	Ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in gallbladder disease, a story not yet completed
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Silvia Cocca, Annamaria Altomare, Sara Emerenziani and Michele Cicala
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Corresponding Author	Michele Pier Luca Guarino, MD, Department of Digestive Disease, Campus Bio Medico University, Via Alvaro del Portillo 200, 00128 Rome, Italy. m.cicala@unicampus.it
Key Words	Gallbladder; Cholesterol gallstones; Ursodeoxycholic acid
Core Tip	Ursodeoxycholic acid can be considered one of the less expensive, best tested and safest of the drugs currently available. This editorial is aimed to provide a brief review of the principal non-invasive non-surgical medical treatments for cholesterol gallstones. Based on the literature and on our experimental and clinical works we try to summarize the recent developments in ursodeoxycholic acid use, current indications for its use and the more recent advances in understanding its effects in terms of an anti-inflammatory drug. For these reasons, the story would not appear to end herewith but deserves further attention and investigation.
Publish Date	2013-08-19 18:22
Citation	Guarino MPL, Cocca S, Altomare A, Emerenziani S, Cicala M. Ursodeoxycholic acid therapy in gallbladder disease, a story not yet completed. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(31): 5029-5034
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i31/5029.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5029

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