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Abstract
INFLAMMATION of the LIVER due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. It is characterized by NECROSIS of HEPATOCYTES, infiltration by NEUTROPHILS, and deposit of MALLORY BODIES. Depending on its severity, the inflammatory lesion may be reversible or progress to LIVER CIRRHOSIS.
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- Hepatitis, Alcoholic
- Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Hepatitis, Alcoholic, Chronic
- Alcoholic Hepatitis, Chronic
- Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitides
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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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- Alcoholism (1966-1977)
- Hepatitis (1966-1977)
- Hepatitis, Toxic (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Alcoholic Hepatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006519. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006519
- Alcoholic Hepatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_hepatitis
- Alcoholic Hepatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3144986