Symptoms and signs of acute alcoholic hepatitis

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 118-120

  Basra, Gurjot ^a   Basra, Sarpreet ^a   Parupudi, Sreeram ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic hepatitis; Alcoholic liver disease; Clinical features; Symptoms and signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885623786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i5.118     Document Type: Article

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