Treatment of Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Gastroenterology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1823-1834

  Thursz, Mark ^a   Morgan, Timothy R ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cirrhosis; NAC; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; SCAVENGER;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BIOPSY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; LIVER; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84971280365     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2016.02.074     Document Type: Article

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