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We thank Parker et  al1 for their interest in our study. The authors point out that subjects in our study had a high mortality in the control group as well as a higher survival in the experimental group1 than the reported literature.2 The systematic review by Parker et al provided details on mortality in alcoholic h epatitis. However, it did not present the median Maddrey’s discriminant function scores in the included studies.2 For instance, in one study, pentoxifylline therapy was associated with short term mortality rate of 25% in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis.
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research