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In patients with sarcoidosis and persistently elevated liver function tests, when do you consider initiating ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)?

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Hepatology · UCLA

In patients with systemic sarcoidosis with predominantly elevated alkaline phosphatase, I would be suspicious for liver involvement of their sarcoidosis. If treatment of the systemic sarcoidosis with immunosuppression (typically initiated by Pulmonology or Rheumatology) are ineffective for improving...

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