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Alcohol and the liver.
Current opinion in gastroenterology - 1 May 2006
Reuben Adrian
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To apprise the reader of advances in 2005 in the epidemiology, pathogenesis, prognosis and treatment of alcoholic liver disease. Alcohol use has declined in developed countries, but the opposite is true elsewhere; alcoholic liver disease is a considerable burden worldwide. RECENT FINDINGS: Genetic mechanisms for alcoholic liver disease are being discovered in addition to aggravating cofactors,...
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