Severe Alcoholic hepatitis in Japan: Prognosis and therapy

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 29, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Horie, Yoshinori ^a,b   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a   Hibi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Public Interest Foundation Corporation Life Extension Laboratory Attached Eiju General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Corticosteroid; Plasma Exchange; Prothrombin Time; White Blood Cell Count

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRANULOCYTE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; JAPAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 30144437082     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000192300.52559.04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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