title: Metabolic Features of Alcoholic Liver Disease.
abstract: Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) can be defined as the hepatic manifestations caused by excessive alcohol intake. ALD comprises a spectrum from simple steatosis to cirrhosis.
  
  
  
  To review diverse clinical and metabolic characteristics and their impact in ALD.
  
  
  
  The concurrence of metabolic alterations, including obesity and diabetes, and alcohol consumption increase the risk of liver injury and also the morbidity and mortality associated with chronic liver disease.
authors.forename: Paloma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Almeda-Valdes
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altamirano-Barrera
authors.forename: Misael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.affiliation: Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Puente de Piedra 150, Col. Toriello Guerra, ZP 14050, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Nahum
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Méndez-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology