[Acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis: the intermediate and final stages in liver damage induced by chronic alcohol abuse].

Having briefly analyzed the metabolism of ethanol in man, the author describes hepatocellular damage induced by alcohol abuse and histological, clinical and biohumoral features of acute alcoholic hepatitis, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. Seventy-five clinical cases of acute alcoholic hepatitis, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis are also illustrated, studied and observed during five years.