Pharmacological treatment for alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis: Present practice and future strategies

Ethanol and the Liver: Mechanisms and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 592-613

  Mathurin, Philippe ^a   Poynard, Thierry ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

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