The prevalence of alcohol use disorder (AUD) has been steadily increasing over the past
decade. In parallel, alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has been increasing at an …

The association between alcohol intake and alcoholic liver disease has been well
documented, although cirrhosis of the liver develops in only a small proportion of heavy …

Abstract The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) was designed to provide a brief instrument
for clinical screening and treatment evaluation research. The 28 self-report items tap various …

To investigate the natural history of compensated cirrhosis, 293 consecutive patients without
previous major complications (ascites, jaundice, encephalopathy or gastrointestinal …

Silymarin, the active principle of the milk thistle Silybum marianum, protects experimental
animals against various hepatotoxic substances. To determine the effect of silymarin on the …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Since few data are available concerning the clinical course of
decompensated hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis, the aim of the present study was to …

The literature on the validity of self‐reported alcohol consumption and alcohol problems was
reviewed. Studies done in this area were analyzed by type of sample, by specific behaviour …

Recently, there has been increased attention to the validity of self‐reported alcohol use. Yet,
much of the literature appears to be inappropriately seeking the definitive answer to a …

The factors influencing the histological evolution of alcoholic hepatitis without cirrhosis have
been evaluated in 26 patients (14 males and 12 females) submitted to repeated liver …

Although alcohol intake and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are the major determinants of
liver cirrhosis (LC) in Western countries, the joint effect of these two factors on LC risk has …