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