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.
Sherlock
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Department of Surgery, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, U.K.
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