Alcohol-related Liver Disease is Rarely Detected at Early Stages Compared With Liver Diseases of Other Etiologies Worldwide

Despite recent advances in treatment of viral hepatitis, liver-related mortality is high, possibly due to the large burden of advanced alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). We investigated whether patients with ALD are initially seen at later stages of disease development than patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or other etiologies.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - January 29, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Neil D. Shah, Meritxell Ventura-Cots, Juan G. Abraldes, Mohamed Alboraie, Ahmad Alfadhli, Josepmaria Argemi, Ester Badia-Aranda, Enrique Arus Soler, A. Sidney Barritt, Fernando Bessone, Marina Biryukova, Flair J. Carrilho, Marlen Castellanos Fern ández, Source Type: research