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Review
. 2013 Apr 24;2(2):76-79.
doi: 10.1002/cld.190. eCollection 2013 Apr.

Management of patients with moderate alcoholic liver disease

Neil Edward Crittenden  1 , Craig McClain  2   3
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Review

Management of patients with moderate alcoholic liver disease

Neil Edward Crittenden et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figure 1
Interventions for moderate ALD patients lay on a continuum. All patients should control the modifiable risk factors of alcohol use, obesity, and smoking. Most patients will benefit from treatment for malnutrition. Some patients may need pharmacotherapy. The few patients who will be transplant candidates are those with severely decompensated ALD, which is not discussed here.
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