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SUBMITTER: Liangpunsakul S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4887319 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liangpunsakul Suthat S Haber Paul P McCaughan Geoffrey W GW
Gastroenterology 20160227 8
Alcoholic liver diseases comprise a spectrum of clinical disorders and changes in liver tissue that can be detected by pathology analysis. These range from steatosis to more severe signs and symptoms of liver disease associated with inflammation, such as those observed in patients with alcoholic hepatitis or cirrhosis. Although the relationship between alcohol consumption and liver disease is well established, severe alcohol-related morbidities develop in only a minority of people who consume al ...[more]