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Alcoholic liver disease

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2018
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is the most prevalent type of chronic liver disease worldwide. ALD can progress from alcoholic fatty liver (AFL) to alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), which is characterized by hepatic inflammation. Chronic ASH can eventually lead to fibrosis and cirrhosis and in some cases hepatocellular cancer (HCC).
H. Seitz   +9 more
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Review article: the epidemiologic burden of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease across the world

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2022
The prevalence of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasing in parallel with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
L. Henry, James M. Paik, Z. Younossi
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Alcoholic Liver Disease

Clinical Liver Disease, 2022
Content available: Author Interview and Audio Recording.
Fátima Higuera‐de‐la‐Tijera   +7 more
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Alcoholic Liver Disease

Hepatology, 2008
These recommendations provide a data-supported approach. They are based on the following: (i) a formal review and analysis of the recently published world literature on the topic (Medline search); (ii) American College of Physicians Manual for Assessing Health Practices and Designing Practice Guidelines (1); (iii) guideline policies, including the ...
Robert O'Shea   +2 more
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Nursing Standard, 2016
Essential facts Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an excess of fat in the liver that is not the result of excessive alcohol consumption or other secondary causes, such as hepatitis C.
L. Pearce
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Liver Disease of the Alcoholic

Medical Clinics of North America, 1975
Significant liver disease including fatty metamorphosis, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatoma occur in two thirds of subjects who consume alcoholic beverages in sufficient quantities to interfere with work and social responsibilities; this is of major importance in the rapidly escalating morbidity and mortality from alcoholism.
Carlo H. Tamburro   +2 more
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Alcohol and liver disease

Postgraduate Medicine, 1977
It has recently been shown that alcohol may produce liver damage even in the presence of adequate nutrition. Absolute intake, regardless of the type of alcoholic beverage consumed, appears to be the important determinant of whether liver damage will occur.
Alfredo L. Viteri, Tim N. Tangedahl
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Alcoholic liver disease

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, 2006
Alcohol excess is associated with a spectrum of disease ranging from simple steatosis through steatohepatitis to cirrhosis and, in some, hepatocellular carcinoma. Alcoholic steatohepatitis itself has a variable histological picture, but a constant feature is the presence of ballooning degeneration of hepatocytes.
Yip WW, Burt AD
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Alcoholic Liver Disease

2010
The incidence of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) follows the trend of per capita alcohol consumption, with hepatic injury which extends from fatty liver to alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. It is unclear how alcohol causes liver disease, but postulated mechanisms include (1) oxidative stress and acetaldehyde generated by the metabolism of ethanol, and ...
Christopher P. Day, Stephen F. Stewart
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