title: Alcohol and the blood.
abstract: Pathologic effects of ethanol on hematopoietic tissue can result directly from alcohol ingestion or from secondary nutritional deficiencies or hepatic disease. The clinician will often confront an array of overlapping syndromes in the alcoholic patient which involve abnormalities of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.
mesh_terms: D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D000740:Anemia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D000756:Anemia, Sideroblastic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006486:Hemosiderosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D006487:Hemostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol