Treatment of Decompensated Alcoholic Liver Disease

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a spectrum ranging from simple hepatic steatosis to alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis can have clinical presentation almost similar to those with decompensated cirrhosis. Scoring with models like Maddrey discriminant function...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Menachery, Ajay Duseja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/219238