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KMID : 0614620200760020065
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Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2020 Volume.76 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.70
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Medical Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease
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Song Do-Seon
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Abstract
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Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of liver disease that results in significant morbidity and mortality in Korea. Abstinence is the most important strategy to prevent disease progression. Corticosteroids improve the one-month survival in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, but it was not effective on long-term survival. An N-acetylcysteine treatment combined with corticosteroids may provide a short-term survival benefit than corticosteroids alone. Pentoxifylline is unlikely to affect short-term survival. Hence, studies on new therapies, such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and fecal microbiota transplantation, are ongoing. This paper briefly reviews the current knowledge of the medical treatment of alcoholic liver disease.
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KEYWORD
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Liver diseases, alcohol, Therapeutics, Adrenal cortex hormones
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