What's new in alcoholic hepatitis
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2019.03.001
- VernacularTitle:酒精性肝炎新进展
- Author:
Bin Gao
1
;
Vijay H. Shah
;
Yanhang Gao
Author Information
1. 国立卫生研究院酒精滥用与中毒研究所肝病实验室,贝塞斯达20892,马里兰州,美国
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hepatitis,alcoholic;
editorial
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2019;35(3):465-468
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Alcoholic hepatitis is an important type of alcohol-associated liver disease characterized by acute liver inflammation caused by prolonged heavy alcohol use.In the present article,the pathogenesis,clinical characteristics,diagnosis,current therapies aud future treatment strategies of alcoholic hepatitis are summarized and reviewed in order to help the hepatologists to better understand this kind of disease in clinical practice.
