Severe acute alcoholic hepatitis: An audit of medical treatment

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 108-111

  O'Keeffe, C ^a   McCormick, P A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036272732     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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