Alcoholism

Research reports from D.K. Singh and co-authors provide new insights into alcoholism

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 14th, 2008

" To identify the clinical and biochemical predictors of histologic disease severity in patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Clinical, anthropometric and biochemical data of 71 consecutive patients with a histological diagnosis of NASH were retrieved from the medical database," scientists in New Delhi, India report.

"The histologic criteria proposed at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Conference (2003) were followed. Histologic features and the necro-inflammatory grade of liver biopsy were scored in accordance with the Brunt score. Statistical analysis was performed to identify predictors of disease severity. The male to female...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-07-14)

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