Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Clin Liver Dis. 2012 Nov;16(4):659-66. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2012.08.001.
Alcoholic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol. There is a spectrum of liver injury that ranges from steatosis to varying stages of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis, with subsequent risk for hepatocellular carcinoma. Steatohepatitis can occur at any stage of disease.
酒精性肝病是大量饮酒人群发病率和死亡率的主要原因。肝脏损伤的范围从脂肪变性到不同阶段的肝纤维化和肝硬化，随后有发生肝细胞癌的风险。脂肪性肝炎可发生在疾病的任何阶段。
