Alcoholic Liver Disease: The Problem of Diagnosis
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research
- Vol. 2 (4) , 327-338
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04738.x
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.Keywords
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