Alcohol consumption by cirrhotic subjects: Patterns of use and effects on liver function

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1698-1706

  Lucey, Michael R ^a   Connor, Jason T ^b   Boyer, Thomas D ^c   Henderson, J Michael ^d   Rikkers, Layton F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Berry Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ASCITES; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYMOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASCITES; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 50649097938     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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