Published in Blood Weekly, February 16th, 2006
"Our retrospective analysis of 105 patients with alcoholic liver injury confirmed that patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis (SAH) showed severe hyperbilirubinemia, reduced hepatic biosynthetic capacity, and marked acute inflammatory reactions, and developed multiple organ failure (MOF)," wrote H. Fukui and colleagues, Nara Medical University.
"Multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model showed serum C-reactive protein and DIC as significant independent prognostic factors among SAH, LC+AH, and AH groups....
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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-02-16)
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