title: Prevalence and natural history of alcoholic liver disease.
abstract: Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol. There is a spectrum of liver injury that ranges from steatosis to varying stages of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, with subsequent risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Steatohepatitis can occur at any stage of disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. jonschwa@montefiore.org
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Reinus
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D018450:Disease Progression; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology