The treatment of alcoholic hepatitis

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-134

  Morgan, Marsha Y ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANABOLIC AGENT; CATECHIN; COLCHICINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCAGON; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXANDROLONE; PENICILLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SILYMARIN; THIOCTIC ACID;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029871746     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.alcalc.a008123     Document Type: Review

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