Alcoholic hepatitis and concomitant hepatitis C virus infection

作     者：Mohamed Shoreibah Bhupinderjit S Anand Ashwani K Singal 

作者机构：Division of Gastroenterology and HepatologyUniversity of Alabama BirminghamBirminghamAL 35294-0012United States Department of Gastroenterology and HepatologyMichael DeBakey VA CenterBaylor College of MedicineHoustonTX 77030United States 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第20卷第34期

页      面：11929-11934页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Alcoholic liver disease Alcoholic hepatitis Hepatitis C virus infection Corticosteroids Transplantation 

摘      要：Hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection and alcohol abuse are two most important causes of chronic liver disease in the United *** hepatitis is a unique clinical syndrome among patients with chronic and active alcohol abuse with a potential for high short-term *** 20%of patients presenting with alcoholic hepatitis have concomitant HCV *** from alcoholic hepatitis is increased in the presence of concomitant hepatitis C due to synergistic interaction between HCV and alcohol in causing hepatocellular *** prospective randomized studies are needed to develop guidelines on the use of corticosteroids among patients with alcoholic hepatitis and concomitant HCV *** impact of antiviral therapy on mortality and outcome in the setting of alcoholic hepatitis remains a novel area for future research.