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New findings from Birmingham University, Department of Pathology describe advances in alcoholism

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 20th, 2007

Fresh data on alcoholism are presented in the report "Resolution of nonalcoholic steatohepatits after gastric bypass surgery." According to recent research from the United States, "Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been increasingly recognized as a common chronic liver condition. Previous studies have been variable regarding the histological outcomes after rapid weight loss."

"The aim of this study was to characterize the histopathologic changes in NASH following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgery (LRYGBP). We retrospectively analyzed paired needle liver biopsies taken during and following LRYGBP in 39 patients according to the recent NIH-based...

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