Correlation of alcohol consumption with liver histological features in non-cirrhotic patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-159

  Kondili, Loreta A ^a,b   Taliani, Gloria ^c   Cerga, Gojart ^e   Tosti, Maria E ^b   Babameto, Adriana ^d   Resuli, Bashkim ^d  

^a Laboratorio di Virologia   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Depti i Semundjeve te Brendeshme   (Albania)

^e Qendra Spitalore Universitare   (Albania)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fibrosis; Liver histology; Necro inflammation; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLORY BODY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOPSY; ETHANOL; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 14844303350     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200502000-00005     Document Type: Article

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