The following articles are abstracted in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue of ACP Journal Club. The declarative title of each abstract as published in ACP Journal Club precedes the article citation.

THERAPEUTICS

• Review: Incretin therapy improves glycemic control more than placebo in patients with type 2 diabetes

Amori RE, Lau J, Pittas AG. Efficacy and safety of incretin therapy in type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2007;298:194–206.

• Review: Oral antifungal therapy has low risk for adverse events in superficial dermatophytosis and onychomycosis

Chang C, Young-Xu Y, Kurth T, et al. The safety of oral antifungal treatments for superficial dermatophytosis and onychomycosis: a meta-analysis. Am J Med 2007;120:791–8.

• Review: Ursodeoxycholic acid does not reduce risk for mortality or liver transplantation in primary biliary cirrhosis

Gong Y, Huang Z, Christensen E, et al. Ursodeoxycholic acid for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials using Bayesian approach as sensitivity analyses. Am J …