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Patients with cirrhosis who are hospitalized for an acute decompensation (AD) and also have organ failure(s) are at high risk of short-term death. These patients have a syndrome called Acute-on-Chronic...
Chung NS, Kwon OS, Park CH, Kim YN, Cho GH, Lee JJ, Kim GH, Kim HO, Ko KI, Yu SK, Kwon KA, Kim YS, Choi DJ, Kim JH
KMID: 782873
Korean J Gastroenterol.
2007 Jun;49(6):369-375.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Alcohol may be a cocarcinogen in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. We investigated the effect of alcohol on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in liver cirrhosis (LC)...
BACKGROUNDS/AIMS: It is not easy to differentiate between patients with cirrhosis and those with alcoholic liver disease. Liver biopsy is generally considered the gold standard for assessing hepatic fibrosis; however,...