Alcoholic hepatitis.
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.
Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K.
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D001706:Biopsy; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011379:Prognosis