Alcohol is the most frequently used drug worldwide and remains a socially acceptable hepatotoxin. Drinking is the most common cause of liver-related mortality in the United States. Topics covered in this issue include nutrient deficiency in alcoholic liver disease, long term management of lacholic liver disease, and the role of liver transplantation in alcoholic liver disease.
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Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
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978-1-4160-2778-2 (9781416027782)
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1. Introduction (C. B. Leevy) 2. Metabolic Effects of Ethanol in the Liver (Lieber) 3. Nutritional Aspects of the Alcoholic Liver Disease (C. M. Leevy) 4. Immunology of Alcoholic Liver Disease (C. B. Leevy) 5. Liver Morphology in Alcoholic Liver Disease (Lefkowitch) 6. Alcoholic Fatty Liver (Sorrell) 7. Alcoholic Hepatitis (O'Shea) 8. Alcohol in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Voigt) 9. Effect of Alcohol on Viral Hepatitis and other Forms of Liver Dysfunction (Kowdley) 10. Long Term Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease (Wakim-Fleming) 11. Role of Liver Transplantation in Alcoholic Liver Disease (Zetterman)
