Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic

Known as: Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic [Disease/Finding], Hepatic Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC 
A disorder of the liver characterized by the presence of fibrotic scar tissue instead of healthy liver tissue. This condition is attributed to… (More)
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Alcohol-Related DisordersLiver CirrhosisMicronodular cirrhosischronic liver disease

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Variant in PNPLA3 is associated with alcoholic liver disease
Two genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have described associations of variants in PNPLA3 with nonalcoholic fatty liver and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Clinical course of alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a Danish population-based cohort study.
UNLABELLED The clinical course of alcoholic cirrhosis, a condition with a high mortality, has not been well described. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The interleukin-17 pathway is involved in human alcoholic liver disease.
UNLABELLED Immune dysregulations in alcoholic liver diseases are still unclear, especially regarding alcoholic hepatitis… (More)
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Epidemiology of alcoholic liver disease.
Alcohol is one of the main causes of end-stage liver disease worldwide, and alcoholic liver disease is the second most common… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Expanding the natural history of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: from cryptogenic cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma.
BACKGROUND & AIMS Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may progress to cirrhosis; whether NASH plays also a role in the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
S-adenosylmethionine in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter clinical trial.
BACKGROUND/AIM The efficacy of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) in the treatment of liver cell injury has been demonstrated in… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
A multivariate analysis of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinogenesis: a prospective observation of 795 patients with viral and alcoholic cirrhosis.
To elucidate the appearance rates of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis and to assess the risk factors for hepatocellular… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Plasma endotoxin concentrations in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease: reevaluation with an improved chromogenic assay.
Plasma endotoxin concentration was measured in 85 patients with alcoholic liver disease (alcoholic cirrhosis (n = 64), alcoholic… (More)
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Endotoxemia in patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic cirrhosis and in subjects with no evidence of chronic liver disease following acute alcohol excess.
The presence of endotoxemia in peripheral venous blood was evaluated in 88 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (AC) and in 42… (More)
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The SGOT/SGPT ratio—An indicator of alcoholic liver disease
The SGOT/SGPT ratio is significantly elevated in patients with alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis (2.85±0.2) compared with… (More)
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