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SUBMITTER: Peng YC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6037835 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peng Yen-Chun YC Lin Cheng-Li CL Hsu Wan-Yun WY Chow Wai-Keung WK Lee Show-Wu SW Yeh Hong-Zen HZ Chen Chia-Chang CC Kao Chia-Hung CH
Frontiers in pharmacology 20180703
<b>Background:</b> The present study aimed to examine the odds of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in patients with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) use. <b>Methods</b>: A nested case-control study design was employed using data obtained from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. In total, 2,293 patients with confirmed diagnosis of CCA were identified and served as the CCA group. The CCA patients were propensity score-matched with 2,293 subjects without CCA who served as the control group. ...[more]