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Review
. 2013 Apr 24;2(2):80-83.
doi: 10.1002/cld.164. eCollection 2013 Apr.

Alcoholic hepatitis: Diagnosis and prognosis

Mary C Drinane  1 , Vijay H Shah  1
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Review

Alcoholic hepatitis: Diagnosis and prognosis

Mary C Drinane et al. Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken). .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Histology micrograph of liver in patient with AH. Classical findings include macrovesicular steatosis, Mallory bodies, balloon degeneration of hepatocytes, and chicken wire fibrosis. Reprinted with permission from WB Saunders. Copyright 2000, WB Saunders.
Figure 2
Figure 2
ANI calculator can assist to predict the likelihood of alcoholic liver disease in patients with histological findings of steatohepatitis and uncertainty regarding an alcoholic cause of the steatohepatitis. (See text for web link.)
Figure 3
Figure 3
MELD 90‐day survival calculator. (See text for web link.) Reprinted with permission from Hepatology.1 Copyright 2005, Wiley.
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