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Alcohol and hepatitis C
Author(s) -
Duggan John M,
Duggan Anne E
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01116.x
Subject(s) - alcoholic hepatitis , abstinence , hepatitis c , alcohol , alcohol consumption , hepatitis , medicine , promotion (chess) , hepatitis a , liver disease , environmental health , psychiatry , alcoholic liver disease , cirrhosis , political science , chemistry , biochemistry , politics , law
Although early studies of hepatitis C indicated this is a serious disease, more recent evidence shows it can be relatively benign. A major determinant of hepatitis C prognosis is alcohol consumption. Promotion of alcohol abstinence among people with hepatitis C could result in substantial reductions in morbidity, mortality and treatment costs.