2011/01/01 by Sarpreet Basra · 100 citations
Medicine · #Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects #Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment #Diet, Metabolism, and Disease #Medicine #Alcoholic hepatitis #Alcoholic liver disease #Cirrhosis #Hepatocellular carcinoma #Epidemiology #Fatty liver #Alcohol consumption #Risk factor #Liver disease #Hepatitis #Disease #Gastroenterology #Internal medicine #Pathology #Alcohol
paper · pdf · doi:10.4254/wjh.v3.i5.108
published in World Journal of Hepatology 3(5), 108 (Baishideng Publishing Group)
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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a major cause of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality. Its presentation ranges from fatty liver to alcoholic hepatitis (AH), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the amount and pattern of alcohol consumption is a well recognized predisposing factor for the development of serious liver pathology, environmental factors and the host's genetic make-up may also play significant roles that have not yet been entirely explored. Continuing alcohol consumption is a major factor that influences the survival of patients with AH. The presence of cirrhosis at presentation or its development on follow up is a major factor determining the outcome in the long run. This chapter deals with the epidemiology and magnitude of ALD in general and AH in particular.