Familial predisposition to alcoholic liver disease: A case-control study

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 798-804

  Ali, Ala K ^a   Jones, Jayne S ^a   Bradley, Martin P ^a   Bhala, Neeraj ^a   Rahman, Arifur ^a   Peck, Robert J ^a   Teare, Dawn M ^b   Gleeson, Dermot ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; decompensation; genetic; prevalence; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84862200066     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328353a367     Document Type: Article

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