BMC Public HealthBackground This study aimed to identify the occupational class and specific occupations associated with hospitalisations due to alcohol-related liver disease and alcoholic liver cirrhosis, based on the distribution of alcohol consumption.
Shoko Nakazawa +9 more
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Why do liver transplant patients so often become obese? The addiction transfer hypothesis [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceIn patients who receive transplantation for alcohol liver disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome are highly prevalent after transplantation and both contribute to a significant proportion of cardiovascular complications, late ...
Ballon, Nicolas +9 more
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Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Two Intertwined Entities
Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, with a prevalence of 25–30%. Since its first description in 1980, NAFLD has been conceived as a different entity from alcohol-related fatty liver ...
Francisco Idalsoaga +7 more
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SSM: Population Health, 2021 Background: Suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) mortality have been rising in the United States. While suicide and overdose have received a great deal of attention, far less public health concern has focused on chronic ALD. To
Farah Allouch +5 more
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Public health policies and alcohol-related liver disease
JHEP Reports, 2019 Summary: Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) represents a major public health problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, the highest levels of per capita alcohol consumption are observed in countries of the European Region.
Meritxell Ventura-Cots +3 more
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Hepatitis C virus related cirrhosis decreased as indication to liver transplantation since the introduction of direct-acting antivirals: A single-center study [PDF]
, 2018 AIM: To evaluate waiting list (WL) registration and liver transplantation (LT) rates in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis since the introduction of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs).
Angeli, Paolo +10 more
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FÍGADO GORDO NÃO-ALCOÓLICO ASSOCIADO A HIPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA: APRESENTAÇÃO DE TRÊS CASOS CLÍNICOS E DE UMA NOVA MUTAÇÃO NO GENE APOB [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the leading cause of chronic liver disease in children, is defined by hepatic fat infiltration >5% of hepatocytes, in the absence of excessive alcohol intake, evidence of viral, autoimmune or drug-induced ...
Azevedo, Ana +4 more
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Toll-like receptor 4 mediates synergism between alcohol and HCV in hepatic oncogenesis involving stem cell marker Nanog [PDF]
, 2009 Alcohol synergistically enhances the progression of liver disease and the risk for liver cancer caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, the molecular mechanism of this synergy remains unclear.
Asahina, Kinji +13 more
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The natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: mortality rates and liver enzymes [PDF]
, 2017 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as an important health issue of the modern world, due to the dramatic increase in its prevalence, which has doubled and in some regions tripled in the past decade.
Pirola, Carlos José +1 more
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“The alcohol-harm paradox”: Understanding socioeconomic inequalities in liver diseaseKeypoints
JHEP ReportsSummary: The alcohol-harm paradox (AHP) refers to the fact that people from lower socioeconomic groups experience higher rates of alcohol-related illness despite consuming the same or even lower amounts of alcohol than their more affluent counterparts ...
Laura Weichselbaum +3 more
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