title: Alcoholic liver disease: the problem of diagnosis.
abstract: The objective of this article is to draw attention to the serious lack of correlation that exists between the detection and specific diagnosis of liver disease in alcoholic patients, based on clinical findings and investigations other than liver biopsy and histologic diagnosis established by that technique.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging