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Comment
. 2005 Aug;54(8):1057-9.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.063420.

Predicting mortality by the Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score: the long awaited progress?

H Tilg  1 , A Kaser
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Predicting mortality by the Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score: the long awaited progress?

H Tilg et al. Gut. 2005 Aug.

Abstract

The new Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score may represent a substantial improvement in clinical phenotyping and could catalyse the development of new treatments in severe alcoholic hepatitis.

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