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. 1978 Oct;2(4):327-38.
doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04738.x.

Alcoholic liver disease: the problem of diagnosis

J G Rankin, H Orrego-Matte, J Deschênes, A Medline, J E Findlay, A I Armstrong

Alcoholic liver disease: the problem of diagnosis

J G Rankin et al. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 1978 Oct.

Abstract

The objective of this article is to draw attention to the serious lack of correlation that exists between the detection and specific diagnosis of liver disease in alcoholic patients, based on clinical findings and investigations other than liver biopsy and histologic diagnosis established by that technique.

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