Is moderate alcohol use in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease good or bad? A critical review

Hepatology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2090-2099

  Ajmera, Veeral H ^a   Terrault, Norah A ^a   Harrison, Stephen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BINGE DRINKING; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER TUMOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85018940741     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29055     Document Type: Review

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