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Review
. 2018 Feb 28;11(2):39-42.
doi: 10.1002/cld.669. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Role of alcohol in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Rush university (Con) patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis should be abstinent from alcohol use

Maham Lodhi  1 , Jaimin Amin  1 , Sheila Eswaran  1
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Role of alcohol in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Rush university (Con) patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis should be abstinent from alcohol use

Maham Lodhi et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figure 1
Pathogenesis of NASH. Abbreviations: IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.
Figure 2
Figure 2
(A) Effects of alcohol J‐shaped curve. (B) Variable convexity of J‐shaped curve. Abbreviations: GI, gastrointestinal; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus. (A) Adapted with permission.
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