What are the most effective ways to help people with alcohol-related liver disease stop drinking? is the top priority question for alcohol-related liver disease research, according to new results from the JLAs Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Priority Setting Partnership (PSP).

Liver Transplant Resources: Chronic Alcoholic Liver Disease - It has been known for centuries that alcohol is directly toxic to the liver. Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of chronic liver disease and cirrhosis in the United States, and most of the civilized world. In many circumstances, patients with alcoholic liver disease also carry the diagnosis of ... Liver Specialists of Texas Liver Specialists of Texas Houston, Texas USA

Progression of alcoholic liver disease is closely related to drinking habits. However, prognosis of alcoholic liver disease is not determined just by drinking habits, but also by other factors. In this study, the roles of alcohol-altered liver membrane antibody and hepatitis C virus infection were analyzed in alcoholic patients who were followed up for various lengths of time. Serial changes of liver histological appearance were analyzed in 39 patients with alcoholic liver disease who were followed for long periods (49.7 ± 34.3 mo) and who underwent liver biopsy at least two times. Prognoses of 35 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who were followed for more than 1 yr were also evaluated. Development of cirrhosis in alcoholic liver disease was significantly higher in the alcohol-altered liver membrane antibody-positive patients than in the patients negative for this antibody. On the other hand, hepatitis C virus markers were not related to development of cirrhosis. However, hepatocellular ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Prevalence and Natural History of Alcoholic Liver Disease. AU - Schwartz, Jonathan M.. AU - Reinus, John F.. PY - 2012/11/1. Y1 - 2012/11/1. N2 - Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol. There is a spectrum of liver injury that ranges from steatosis to varying stages of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, with subsequent risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Steatohepatitis can occur at any stage of disease.. AB - Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol. There is a spectrum of liver injury that ranges from steatosis to varying stages of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, with subsequent risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Steatohepatitis can occur at any stage of disease.. KW - Alcoholic liver disease. KW - Alcoholism. KW - Epidemiology. KW - Natural history. UR - ...

The importance of gut microbiota in alcohol-related liver disease and liver cancer has been demonstrated in two studies presented at the Digital International Liver Congress 2020. The key role of microbial biodiversity in the gut was highlighted in a study of fecal microbial transplantation. The technique shows promise as an intervention to improve some aspects of alcohol-related liver disease. A second study used a mouse model to associate changes in gut microbiota with the action of key signaling molecules, mediating the risk of hepatocarcinogenesis.

Background: Heavy alcohol consumption causes alcoholic liver disease and is a causal factor of many types of liver injuries and concomitant diseases. It is a true systemic disease that may damage the digestive tract, the nervous system, the heart and vascular system, the bone and skeletal muscle system, and the endocrine and immune system, and can lead to cancer. Liver damage in turn, can present as multiple alcoholic liver diseases, including fatty liver, steatohepatitis, fibrosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, with presence or absence of hepatitis B or C virus infection. There are three scarring types (fibrosis) that are most commonly found in alcoholic liver disease: centrilobular scarring, pericellular fibrosis, and periportal fibrosis. When liver fibrosis progresses, alcoholic cirrhosis occurs. Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs in 5% to 15% of people with alcoholic cirrhosis, but people in whom hepatocellular carcinoma has developed are often co-infected with hepatitis B ...

It may be that you are near to develop the liver disease if you are doing excess consumption of alcohol. It is considered major cause of liver disease. Overconsumption of alcohol can lead to fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis. This condition is known as alcoholic liver disease. It can occur due to acute inflammation. Women are more susceptible to this disease than men. In the advance stage, its difficult to diagnose alcoholic liver disease symptoms. There may be many things behind the alcohol liver disease causes. When alcohol reach to the liver it becomes 80% detoxified, yet how it damages the liver is not completely understood. There are some risk factors that can cause alcoholic liver disease. These are:. • If alcohol is taken in excess quantity such as 60 to 80g per day for more than 20 years.. • Drinking outside meal times. • Female are more susceptible than men. • Hepatitis C infection can accelerate the condition. • Genetic factors. • Over consumption of ...

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, this protocol frequently carries a risk of severe complications and false-negative results. Transient elastography (Fibroscan, Echosens, Paris, France), which is a noninvasive method of measuring liver stiffness, has become available for assessing liver fibrosis. Liver stiffness reportedly differs markedly with the cirrhosis etiology. The aim of this study was thus to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Fibroscan in the detection of cirrhosis in patients with alcoholic liver disease. METHODS: We enrolled 45 patients with alcoholic liver disease. Fibroscan, abdominal ultrasonography, aspartate aminotransferase/platelet ratio index (APRI), and liver biopsy were performed on all patients. Fibrosis stage was assessed using the Batts-Ludwig scoring system. RESULTS: The stage of ...

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Disorders of biotransformation during the progression of alcoholic liver disease.. AU - Horváth, T.. AU - Pár, A.. AU - Past, T.. AU - Beró, T.. AU - Tapsonyi, Z.. AU - Kádas, I.. PY - 1986. Y1 - 1986. N2 - Biotransformation capacity was investigated in patients with various degrees of alcoholic liver damage. Aim of the investigation was to study the impairment of biotransformating ability during progression of liver damage. Four groups of patients with various liver diseases (alcoholic fatty liver, chronic persistent hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, alcoholic cirrhosis) and two groups as controls were studied. The investigations were carried out with exogenous test substances (antipyrine, menthol and sulphadimidine) and by determination of D-glucaric acid excretion. It has been concluded that the depression of biotransformating ability in patients with alcoholic liver diseases is progressing during development of diseases. The changes in various metabolic pathways are ...

Dive into the research topics of Gut microbiota in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and alcohol-related liver disease: Current concepts and perspectives. Together they form a unique fingerprint. ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - An endoplasmic reticulum protein, Nogo-B, facilitates alcoholic liver disease through regulation of kupffer cell polarization. AU - Park, Jin Kyu. AU - Shao, Mingjie. AU - Kim, Moonyoung. AU - Baik, Soonkoo. AU - Cho, Meeyon. AU - Utsumi, Teruo. AU - Satoh, Ayano. AU - Ouyang, Xinsho. AU - Chung, Chuhan. AU - Iwakiri, Yasuko. PY - 2017/5/1. Y1 - 2017/5/1. N2 - Nogo-B (Reticulon 4B) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) resident protein that regulates ER structure and function. Because ER stress is known to induce M2 macrophage polarization, we examined whether Nogo-B regulates M1/M2 polarization of Kupffer cells and alters the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). M1 and M2 phenotypes were assessed in relation to Nogo-B expression and disease severity in liver specimens from ALD patients (NCT01875211). Liver specimens from wild-type (WT) and Nogo-B knockout (KO) mice fed a control or Lieber-DeCarli ethanol liquid diet (5% ethanol) for 6 weeks were analyzed for liver injury ...

Cook, P.A. and Morleo, M. and Billington, D. and Sanderson-Shortt, K. and Jones, C. and Gabbay, M. and Sheron, N. and Bellis, M.A. and Phillips-Howard, P.A. and Gilmore, I.T. (2015) Evaluation of work-based screening for early signs of alcohol-related liver disease in hazardous and harmful drinkers: the PrevAIL study. BMC Public Health, 15. p. 532. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1860-9 ...

Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, Dr. Patrick Kamath, talks about a worrying trend: death due to alcohol-related liver disease is on the rise across the United States.

Lau-Walker, Margaret, Presky, J, Webzell, I, Murrells, T and Heaton, N (2015) P1106 : Alcohol-related liver disease patients beliefs about their illness and factors that influence their self-management - A patient survey ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Spectrum of Alcoholic Liver Disease. AU - Chacko, Kristina Rachel. AU - Reinus, John. N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Inc.. PY - 2016/8/1. Y1 - 2016/8/1. N2 - Liver disease from excessive alcohol consumption is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is a clear relationship between alcohol and a variety of health and socioeconomic problems. According to the World Health Organization, 3.3 million people die of alcohol-related causes annually. Despite public knowledge of its potential adverse effects, alcohol consumption and the morbidity and mortality from alcoholic liver disease (ALD) have increased. ALD comprises a spectrum of injury, including simple steatosis, acute alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. Rather than being distinct disease entities, these pathologic processes frequently overlap.. AB - Liver disease from excessive alcohol consumption is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is a clear relationship between ...

Alcoholic steatosis (AS) is the initial pathology associated with early stage alcoholic liver disease and is characterized by the accumulation of fat in the liver. AS is considered clinically benign as it is reversible, as compared with alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) which is the next stage of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), and mostly irreversible. Proteomics were used to investigate the molecular basis of AS to determine biomarkers representative of AS. Liver tissue proteins at different stages of steatosis from a rodent model of AS were separated by two dimensional electrophoresis (2DE), followed by MALDI mass spectrometry (MS) identification of significantly expressed proteins. Expression levels of several proteins related to alcohol induced oxidative stress, such as peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) were reduced by 2 to 3-fold in ethanol fed rats, and suggested an increase in oxidative stress. Several proteins involved in fatty acid and amino acid metabolism were ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Animal models for alcoholic liver disease. AU - Mezey, Esteban. PY - 1989/6. Y1 - 1989/6. N2 - The baboon is the only animal in which alcoholic fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver has been produced with a nutritionally adequate diet. Zinc deficiency is associated with alcoholic liver disease and may contribute to liver damage. We have therefore investigated whether zinc supplementation would reduce liver damage in ten baboons receiving ethanol and an adequate diet. Eight received ethanol at up to 25 g/kg/day (70% of calories) for up to 60 months (four were supplemented with 50 mg zinc/day). All animals gained weight, and blood concentrations of ethanol were 63-342 mg/dl. Changes in liver blood tests were slight. Liver histology only showed fatty change in six animals, severe in two, and minor inflammatory changes but no significant fibrosis or cirrhosis. In one of the animals with severe fatty change there were also degenerative changes in parenchymal cells. There was thus no ...

The most significant declining diagnosis is hepatitis C (HCV) cirrhosis. Hepatitis C positive serostatus (regardless of underlying disease) has also decreased in transplant recipients from 50% positive in 2002 to 10% positive in 2017. This is to be expected given increasingly effective antiviral therapies. In terms of parity between those listed with alcoholic liver diseases and those listed for non-alcoholic indications, the percentage of individuals receiving transplants has been increasing similarly across groups until 2014. Since 2015, the percentage of individuals transplanted for alcoholic liver disease increased (from 41% in 2014 to 45 and 49% in 2015 and 2016) more than for other etiologies (from 39%, to 40 and 41%). Examined as a ratio of patients transplanted to waitlist deaths, transplant to death percentage in ALD has been improving in parallel with the non-ALD population, rising from under 2 (1.8 and 1.6) in 2002 to over 3 (3.6 and 3.3) in 2015. Transplant to death ratio increased ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Innate immunity and alcoholic liver disease. AU - Szabo, Gyongyi. AU - Petrasek, Jan. AU - Bala, Shashi. PY - 2012/10/1. Y1 - 2012/10/1. N2 - Innate immunity provides the primary response to danger signals from pathogens or injured host cells and tissues. The cells of the innate immune system include monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, NK cells and NKT cells that orchestrate innate immune and initiate adaptive immune responses via cell interactions, cytokines, chemokines and other mediators. The most robust and common response of the innate immune system to danger signals is inflammation. In the multifactorial pathophysiology of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), activation of innate immune cells and the inflammatory cascade play a central role. Recent studies have demonstrated that Toll-like receptors (TLRs), the sensors of microbial and endogenous danger signals, are expressed and activated in innate immune cells as well as in parenchymal cells in the liver, and ...

Alcoholic liver disease, as the name shows, is reasoned by excessive consumption of alcohol and is a common but preventable disease. All the information of Alcoholic Liver Disease Symptoms & Treatment are available here.

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Results revealed today at The International Liver Congress 2015, show that in patients with alcohol-induced liver disease (ALD), Baclofen has a positive impact on alcohol consumption and overall measures of liver function and harm.

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Alcohol-induced liver disease is caused by heavy use of alcohol. The livers job is to break down alcohol. If you drink more than it can process, it can become badly damaged.

Alcohol-induced liver disease is caused by heavy use of alcohol. The livers job is to break down alcohol. If you drink more than it can process, it can become badly damaged.

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TY - JOUR. T1 - Significance of megamitochondria in alcoholic liver disease. AU - Chedid, A.. AU - Mendenhall, C. L.. AU - Tosch, T.. AU - Chen, T.. AU - Rabin, L.. AU - Garcia-Pont, P.. AU - Goldberg, S. J.. AU - Kiernan, T.. AU - Seeff, L. B.. AU - Sorrell, M.. AU - Tamburro, C.. AU - Weesner, R. E.. AU - Zetterman, R.. PY - 1986/6. Y1 - 1986/6. N2 - The significance of megamitochondria in the alcoholic liver injury of humans was investigated as part of a large Veterans Administration cooperative study of the natural history of alcoholic hepatitis. Two hundred twenty patients were clinically stratified into the following three groups according to disease severity using serum bilirubin and prothrombin time as indicators: Group 1 (mild disease), serum bilirubin levels , 5 mg/dl and prothrombin time prolonged for , 4 s; group 2 (moderate disease), serum bilirubin levels , 5 mg/dl but prothrombin time prolonged for , 4 s; and group 3 (severe disease), serum bilirubin levels , 5 mg/dl and ...

Alcohol-induced liver damage is a common liver disease that is due in part to dysregulated lipid metabolism and inflammation. Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) prog...

The rising prevalence of chronic liver disease is contributing to higher rates of cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer. GPs can share the increasing burden with specialist services by recognising chronic liver disease, assessing its severity, managing risk factors and comorbidities and referring appropriately. Two of the four most prevalent chronic liver diseases are discussed in this article, namely nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and alcoholic liver disease.. ...

According to the clinical research, EPA level was significantly decreased in erythrocytes of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) patients. It was also reported that alcoholic fatty liver could be prevented by regulating the percentage of EPA and DHA in diet. Therefore, the purpose of this four-year study is to investigate the effects of fish oil on ALD in rats through pathological mechanisms. Male Wistar rats will be fed an ethanol-containing liquid diet and part of the olive oil in the liquid diet was replaced by fish oil. In the first year, we will investigate the effects of fish oil on the antioxidative status in ALD rats, including liver function, antioxidant status, biomarkers of oxidative stress and histological features of liver. In the second year, we will investigate the effects of fish oil on the risk factors of cardiovascular disease in ALD rats, including liver function, lipid profiles, vascular cell adhesion molecule, and histological features of aorta. In the third year, we will ...

Definition, Etiology, PathogenesisTop. Alcohol-related disorders account for 3.8% of annual global deaths and 48% of all deaths from liver disease in the United States.. Ethanol is absorbed in the stomach (20%) and the small intestine (80%). It is metabolized mainly in the liver via 2 enzymatic steps. Ethanol is first oxidized to acetaldehyde, a highly unstable and toxic intermediate metabolite, by the enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase. Acetaldehyde is then further metabolized to a nontoxic metabolite called acetic acid by aldehyde dehydrogenase. Acetaldehyde is responsible for many of the systemic toxic effects of ethanol including alcoholic liver disease. In addition, coingestion of alcohol with other drugs (eg, acetaminophen [INN paracetamol], isoniazid) may further enhance its hepatotoxicity.. Liver injury develops in the following stages:. 1) Alcoholic fatty liver: Alcohol-induced accumulation of macrovesicular steatosis within hepatocytes.. 2) Alcoholic hepatitis: Macrovesicular ...

Fatty liver disease is a per-cursor to alcoholic liver disease. With abstinence from alcohol, fatty liver will not develop into other more serious conditions. Fatty liver occurs due to a process known as steatosis. This is the abnormal retention of lipids in the liver cells which causes the body to accumulate fat instead of healthy liver tissue. Steatosis is characterized by an enlarged and inflamed liver. Those who suffer from fatty liver disease may experience feelings of fatigue, nausea and vomiting, confusion, discomfort in the abdomen, weight loss or jaundice. Fatty liver can be temporary and resolved if significant changes are made to reverse the damage, which includes reducing the amount of alcohol consumed and abstaining from drinking. It is estimated that up to 90 percent of heavy drinkers will develop the condition at some stage of their alcoholism.. Left unresolved, fatty liver disease will develop into alcoholic hepatitis. This condition is the inflammation of the liver, which can ...

Return to drinking after liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease (ALD) remains a source of unease with varying reported rates of return to drinking and impact this has on graft function. In 2005, the UK Transplant liver advisory group recommended an alcohol contract in which ALD patients listed for transplantation confirmed in writing their commitment to abstinence. We aimed to measure the rates and consequences of return to drinking alcohol in a UK transplant programme and assess the effect of the alcohol contract. Consecutive patients transplanted for ALD during 1996-2011 were included. Every patient listed after Feb 2007 signed up to the alcohol contract. We compared rates and pattern of return to drinking and survival before and after the introduction of the contract. Overall, 52 (37%) patients returned to drinking alcohol; 37 (39%) before and 15 (34%) after the contract. There was no significant difference in the rate of return or pattern of drinking. Median survival was ...

Alcoholic liver disease is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption, including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and chronic hepatitis with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. It is the major cause of liver disease in Western countries. Although steatosis (fatty liver) will develop in any individual who consumes a large quantity of alcoholic beverages over a long period of time, this process is transient and reversible. Of all chronic heavy drinkers, only 15-20% develop hepatitis or cirrhosis, which can occur concomitantly or in succession. The mechanism behind this is not completely understood. 80% of alcohol passes through the liver to be detoxified. Chronic consumption of alcohol results in the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, Interleukin 6 [IL6] and Interleukin 8 [IL8]), oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation, and acetaldehyde toxicity. These factors cause inflammation, apoptosis and eventually fibrosis of liver cells. Why this occurs in only a ...

Excess alcohol consumption with consequent alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a common cause of liver dysfunction and liver-related mortality worldwide. However, although the majority of heavy drinkers will develop steatosis, only a minority progress to advanced liver disease and cirrhosis. Thus, ALD is a complex disease where subtle inter-patient genetic variations and environmental factors interact to determine disease progression. One genome-wide association study specifically addressing genetic modifiers of ALD has been published. However, most of our understanding is based on studies conducted on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Translation of candidates from these studies into ALD has established a role for variants in genes including PNPLA3 and potentially TM6SF2 across the disease spectrum from steatosis, through cirrhosis to hepatocellular carcinoma. Here the authors review the current status of the field with a particular focus on recent advances. ...

Alcohol has detrimental effects on the liver, which may range from fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis to liver cirrhosis. Alcoholic liver disease is the most common liver disease in western countries.

Alcohol is a leading cause of liver disease and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several factors, including the amount and duration of alcohol consumption, affect the development and progression of alcoholic liver disease (ALD). ALD represents a spectrum of liver pathology ranging from fatty change to fibrosis to cirrhosis. Early diagnosis of ALD is important to encourage alcohol abstinence, minimize the progression of liver fibrosis, and manage cirrhosis-related complications including hepatocellular carcinoma. A number of questionnaires and laboratory tests are available to screen for alcohol intake. Liver biopsy remains the gold-standard diagnostic tool for ALD, but noninvasive accurate alternatives, including a number of biochemical tests as well as liver stiffness measurement, are increasingly being utilized in the evaluation of patients with suspected ALD. The management of ALD depends largely on complete abstinence from alcohol. Supportive care should focus on ...

ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (ALD) Thuy Anh Le MD Mentor: Dr. Mario Chojkier 8/10/2010 EPIDEMIOLOGY • Costs of alcohol abuse are ~$185 billion/year - related to lost productivity and MVA. • Etoh accounts for 40% deaths from cirrhosis and ,30% cases of HCC in US • Accounts for 50,000 deaths annually • ALD develops in female after shorter duration of drinking and lower daily alcohol intake • Risk factors: amount of etoh ingested (not linear relationship with dev of liver dz), drinking beer or spirits more likely associated with liver dz than wine, genetic factors (MZ twins 2x likely to drink as dizygotic twins), polymorphisms of genes involved in etoh metabolism • Table of alcohol content of beverages: Daily intake needed to exceed threshold for ALD * Alcohol intake of 40-80 g/day for men and 20-40 g/day for women for 10 years. SPECTRUM OF DISEASE • Chronic etoh can lead to liver diseases ranging from mild fatty infiltration to cirrhosis and o Fat accumulation in liver cells seen in 90% ...

NaturalPath) Alcohol consumption is the oldest and most common form of liver injury. While the biological mechanisms are known, there is no universally accepted therapy to prevent or treat Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD). According to a 2011 report by the WHO, chronic alcohol consumption accounts for approximately 2.5 million deaths per year, mostly due to ALD. About 90 percent of alcohol intake is metabolized by the liver. Generally, abstinence from alcohol is vital to deal with ALD and becomes increasingly important as the condition worsens. In the long-term, psychological therapy and social support may be necessary to accomplish the goal. Pharmacological options include, Naltrexone and Acamprosate, which have been used to manage alcohol abuse in chronic heavy drinkers. Smoking and obesity are both risk factors.. While there isnt a universally accepted therapy, there are ways to manage it. Here are some natural alternatives that are suggested. They include Silymarin, garlic, ginseng, green tea, ...

Severe alcoholic liver disease (ALD) has a high morbidity and mortality. Recent studies demonstrated that probiotics reversed alcohol-induced hepatic steatosis...

Alcoholic Liver Disease Alcohol is a toxic substance to the liver and remains one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease. The spectrum of ALD is

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Liver diseases that occur due to the consumption of alcohols is termed as alcoholic liver diseases. It causes damage to the liver and effects over the liver normal functions.

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Worrall S. and Wilce P.A. (1994) The effect of chronic ethanol feeding on cytokines in a rat model of alcoholic liver disease.. Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire). Supplement., 2 447-451. ...

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Alcoholic Liver Disease - Alcohol abuse is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. It is estimated that in the United States as many as 10 % of men and 3 % of women may suffer from persistent problems related to the use of alcohol. The Fourth Edition of the Diagnostic ... Liver Specialists of Texas Liver Specialists of Texas Houston, Texas USA