Diseases

Alcoholic Fatty Liver

Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells that is due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. The fatty changes in the alcoholic fatty liver may be reversible, depending on the amounts of TRIGLYCERIDES accumulated.

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Abstract

Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells that is due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. The fatty changes in the alcoholic fatty liver may be reversible, depending on the amounts of TRIGLYCERIDES accumulated.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Fatty Liver, Alcoholic
  • Alcoholic Steatohepatitis

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Alcoholism (1966-1977)
  • Fatty Liver (1966-1977)

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NLM Classification

WI 710

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alcoholic Fatty Liver. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005235. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005235
  2. Alcoholic Fatty Liver. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25416562