ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS: CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT
- Authors: Podymova S.1
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Affiliations:
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 23, No 12 (2012)
- Pages: 2-9
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/0236-3054/article/view/115530
- ID: 115530
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Abstract
The paper provides the clinical and morphological characteristics of acute and chronic alcoholic hepatitis. It analyzes different clinical types of acute alcoholic hepatitis (AAH): icteric (usually a severe type), fulminant, cholestatic, and latent. The possibilities of AAH treatment are considered. Severe AAH serves as an indication for the use of glucocorticosteroids or pentoxifylline; it is sufficient to withdraw from alcohol and to use metabolic agents in moderate alcoholic hepatitis. The paper gives data on the universal action of essentiale on the pathogenetic components of liver damage.
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S. Podymova
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Email: redvrach@rusvrach.ru
Professor MD, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation
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