Alcohol-related cirrhosis - Early abstinence is a key factor in prognosis, even in the most severe cases

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 768-774

  Verrill, Clare ^a,b   Markham, Hannah ^b   Templeton, Alexa ^b   Carr, Norman J ^b   Sheron, Nick ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol; Cirrhosis; Grading; Mortality; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149084811     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02521.x     Document Type: Article

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