 Hepatitis, Alcoholic
"Hepatitis, Alcoholic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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INFLAMMATION of the LIVER due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. It is characterized by NECROSIS of HEPATOCYTES, infiltration by NEUTROPHILS, and deposit of MALLORY BODIES. Depending on its severity, the inflammatory lesion may be reversible or progress to LIVER CIRRHOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D006519
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.552.380.290 C06.552.645.490 C25.100.087.645.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis- Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Alcoholic Hepatitis, Chronic
- Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitides
- Hepatitis, Alcoholic, Chronic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hepatitis, Alcoholic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hepatitis, Alcoholic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hepatitis, Alcoholic" by people in Profiles.
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Gallegos-Orozco JF, Charlton MR. Alcoholic Liver Disease and Liver Transplantation. Clin Liver Dis. 2016 08; 20(3):521-34.
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Alpert L, Hart J. The Pathology of Alcoholic Liver Disease. Clin Liver Dis. 2016 Aug; 20(3):473-89.
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Charlton M. Branched-chain amino acid enriched supplements as therapy for liver disease. J Nutr. 2006 01; 136(1 Suppl):295S-8S.
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Conjeevaram HS, Hart J, Lissoos TW, Schiano TD, Dasgupta K, Befeler AS, Millis JM, Baker AL. Rapidly progressive liver injury and fatal alcoholic hepatitis occurring after liver transplantation in alcoholic patients. Transplantation. 1999 Jun 27; 67(12):1562-8.
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Shakil AO, Pinna A, Demetris J, Lee RG, Fung JJ, Rakela J. Survival and quality of life after liver transplantation for acute alcoholic hepatitis. Liver Transpl Surg. 1997 May; 3(3):240-4.
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Van Thiel DH, Carr B, Iwatsuki S, Tzakis A, Fung JJ, Starzl TE. Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, and hepatic neoplasms. Transplant Proc. 1991 Jun; 23(3):1917-21.
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Levin DM, Baker AL, Riddell RH, Rochman H, Boyer JL. Nonalcoholic liver disease. Overlooked causes of liver injury in patients with heavy alcohol consumption. Am J Med. 1979 Mar; 66(3):429-34.
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