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Monocyte dysfunction in alcoholic hepatitis
2016-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) is the most florid form of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). It is caused by hepatic inflammation after a prolonged period of heavy alcohol drinking. Causes of death include liver failure and infection. Inflammatory hepatic injury and systemic immunoparesis are therefore key features in disease pathogenesis. This thesis seeks to evaluate this immune dysfunction in detail, focuss...
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- Literature Corpus work
- fba505bf-5f49-5eef-967c-4b6c0c3b989d
- DOI
- 10.25560/67757
