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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2004
Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a common disease associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Most often the diagnosis is suggested by a history of heavy alcohol excess in a patient with features of hepatic decompensation. In its purest form, AH is a histologic diagnosis of acute hepatic inflammation in response to alcohol. The primary objective of
Kaushik, Agarwal   +4 more
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Hepatitis C and Alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 1999
Background: Alcohol abuse and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently coexist in patients with chronic liver disease. It is widely believed that alcohol and HCV act synergistically in these patients to promote the development and progression of liver damage.Methods: A review of the relevant medical literature, identified by computer assisted ...
A, Regev, L J, Jeffers
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Alcoholic Hepatitis

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2006
Alcoholic hepatitis is a form of hepatic injury that carries a significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation is that of fatigue, malaise, and jaundice in individuals who have abused excessive quantities of alcohol. Severity at presentation, traditionally calculated using the Maddrey Discriminant Function, determines outcome; the short ...
David A, Sass, Obaid S, Shaikh
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Alcoholic hepatitis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2002
Alcoholic hepatitis is a common clinical problem confronting gastroenterologists and hepatologists alike. The fundamental issue regarding treatment of this disease is its recognition on the part of the physician. Chronic alcohol abuse, fever, leukocytosis, jaundice, and encephalopathy are key symptoms and signs that should prompt consideration of this ...
Kester I., Crosse, Frank A., Anania
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“Alcoholic hepatitis” in a hepatic adenoma

Human Pathology, 1987
A unique hepatic adenoma developed in a 26-year-old woman who had used oral contraceptives for 10 years and Tolinase (tolazamide sulfonylurea) for adult-onset diabetes mellitus for five years. Clinically, radiographically, and grossly, the neoplasm showed the usual features of a hepatic adenoma, but microscopically it strongly resembled alcoholic ...
S, Heffelfinger   +2 more
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Hepatic Angiography in “Alcoholic Hepatitis”

Radiology, 1968
Hepatic malignant tumor is suspect in an alcoholic who shows progressive physical deterioration and poor response to medical therapy. Cirrhosis serves as a substrate for approximately 75 per cent of hepatocellular carcinoma (1). There are no reliable signs or symptoms or liver function studies, however, which differentiate cirrhosis with acute ...
J A, Rourke, M A, Bosniak, E J, Ferris
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Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2006
Acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH) is a frequent inflammatory liver disease with high short-term mortality rate. In this review, relationships between alcohol abuse and the epidemiology and the outcomes of AAH are discussed, as well as AAH pathogenesis.
CECCANTI, Mauro   +8 more
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ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS

Alcohol and Alcoholism, 1990
Alcoholic hepatitis is a serious consequence of alcohol misuse and the usual precursor of cirrhosis. Risk factors, histology, pathogenesis, clinical features, prognosis and treatment are discussed in this review.
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Alcoholic hepatitis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2001
Alcoholic hepatitis is a multisystem disease seen in individuals who chronically abuse alcohol. When severe, it is associated with a very high mortality rate, with nearly 50% of severely affected persons dying within 1 month of hospitalization. Primary therapy is complete alcohol abstinence and supportive care.
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