Advances in alcoholic liver disease
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Gavin Arteel; Luis Marsano; Christian Mendez; Frederick Bentley; Craig J McClain
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Article
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2003
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. For example, the Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies reported that patients with cirrhosis and superimposed alcoholic hepatitis had a 4-year mortality of >60%. Interactions between acetaldehyde, reactiv