Prevalence and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-666

  Schwartz, Jonathan M ^a   Reinus, John F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic liver disease; Alcoholism; Epidemiology; Natural history

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ALCOHOLISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER, ALCOHOLIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867971003     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: 15578224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2012.08.001     Document Type: Review

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