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Alcoholic Hepatitis Syndrome: Prognosis and Course

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Current Perspectives in Hepatology

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The alcoholic hepatitis syndrome is a disease that is relatively easy to define for groups of patients. It is much more difficult to define for individual patients. This acute disorder of the liver is characterized by a history of excessive alcohol intake, by jaundice and hepatomegaly, and by laboratory abnormalities that include increased serum aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase activity and leukocytosis composed largely of neutrophils. Prolongation of prothrombin time is common. Fever, ascites, and splenomegaly are often present. Abdnominal pain and anorexia occur frequently.

Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe. John Lyly

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    Harold O. Conn & R. Hallak

  2. Liver Disease Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, Connecticut, 06516, USA

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, USA

    Leonard B. Seeff M.D. (Chief, Professor of Medicine) (Chief, Professor of Medicine)

  2. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA

    Leonard B. Seeff M.D. (Chief, Professor of Medicine) (Chief, Professor of Medicine)

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA

    James H. Lewis M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

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Conn, H.O., Hallak, R. (1989). Alcoholic Hepatitis Syndrome: Prognosis and Course. In: Seeff, L.B., Lewis, J.H. (eds) Current Perspectives in Hepatology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7041-3_18

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