Advances in alcoholic liver disease: An update on alcoholic hepatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 11893-11903

  Liang, Randy ^a   Liu, Andy ^b   Perumpail, Ryan B ^c   Wong, Robert J ^d   Ahmed, Aijaz ^c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholic Hepatitis; Alcoholic liver disease; Corticosteroids; Maddrey discriminant function; Pentoxifylline

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALNUTRITION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER GROUP; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATHOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84947475364     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i42.11893     Document Type: Article

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