Glucocorticoids can help in acute severe alcoholic hepatitis

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P Matthews. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Jul.

. 2009 Jul;30(1):91-2; author reply 93-95.

doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.04005.x.

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