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alcoholic hepatitis

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alcoholic hepatitis [‚al·kə‚hȯl·ik ‚hep·ə′tīd·əs]
(medicine)
A frequently occurring form of hepatitis that is caused by excessive ethyl alcohol intake and is characterized by fever, high white blood cell count, and jaundice.


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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: clinicopathological comparison with alcoholic hepatitis in ambulatory and hospitalized patients.
When alcoholic hepatitis or other confounding factors do not exist, nonprogressive fatty liver should be a benign clinical condition with little risk of progression.
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