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Role of candidate gene variants in modulating the risk and severity of alcoholic hepatitis.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Apr 2021
Beaudoin James J, Liang Tiebing, Tang Qing, Banini Bubu A, Shah Vijay H, Sanyal Arun J, Chalasani Naga P, Gawrieh Samer
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BACKGROUND: Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is a severe and life-threatening alcohol-associated liver disease. Only a minority of heavy drinkers acquires AH and severity varies among affected individuals, suggesting a genetic basis for the susceptibility to and severity of AH. METHODS: A cohort consisting of 211 patients with AH and 176 heavy drinking controls was genotyped for five variants in five candidate genes that...
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