alcoholic fatty liver typically has a milder clinical presentation than alcoholic hepatitis or cirrhosis has. Therefore, it is useful to separate alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis ...

Because patients with alcoholic cirrhosis are at elevated risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), surveillance for HCC is generally recommended. To assess the value of such surveillance ...

All had chronic alcoholism of long duration, and 14 had unequivocal physical and biochemical evidence of hepatic cirrhosis (Table 1). Diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy or needle biopsy of the ...

This paper uses state-level data on cirrhosis death rates to examine the impact of state prohibitions, pre-1920 federal anti-alcohol policies, and constitutional prohibition on cirrhosis State ...

Arch Neurol. 1984 Sep;41(9):999–1001. Premkumar M, et al. Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy. Volume 2012, Article ID 735906, 4 pages. Koo JE, ...

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a liver condition associated with heavy alcohol use. It is the leading cause for liver transplantation in the United States. BIDMC’s Liver Center offers a wide range ...

Each daily consumption of 12 g alcohol increases risk for cirrhosis by 6.2 percent, hepatocellular carcinoma by 11.5 percent. HealthDay News — For patients with hepatitis B virus, alcohol is ...

Investigators have found that the gene Asah1 plays a crucial protective role in preventing the progression of nonalcoholic ...

Cirrhosis and its pathophysiology According to Dr. Shubham ... certain factors such as indiscriminate use of alcohol, autoimmune conditions, viral hepatitis or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease ...