That group consists of chronically ill patients with diseases like hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis who are hospitalized.
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They are most common in alcoholic hepatitis ( prevalence of 65 % ) and alcoholic cirrhosis ( prevalence of 51 % ).
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But Mantle also had been an alcoholic for years and developed alcoholic cirrhosis, which greatly accelerates the course of the virus-initiated cancer.
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Even though the diagnosis was not of alcoholic cirrhosis and Arafat was not known for consuming any alcohol, there was a likelihood of rumors.
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For example, elevated IgA indicates alcoholic cirrhosis, elevated IgM indicates viral hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis, while IgG is elevated in viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and cirrhosis.
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The high incidence of liver transplants given to those with alcoholic cirrhosis has led to a recurring controversy regarding the eligibility of such patients for liver transplant.
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"' Laennec's cirrhosis "', also known as portal cirrhosis, alcoholic cirrhosis, fatty cirrhosis, or atrophic cirrhosis, is named after Ren?Laennec, a French physician and the inventor of the stethoscope.
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But this group includes those whose livers suddenly failed, from a viral infection or toxin, and those whose livers have been deteriorating for decades, like people with alcoholic cirrhosis or viral hepatitis.
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Established cirrhosis has a 10-year mortality of 34 66 %, largely dependent on the cause of the cirrhosis; alcoholic cirrhosis has a worse prognosis than primary biliary cirrhosis and cirrhosis due to hepatitis.
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A national survey in the late 1980s by Dr . James Levenson, professor of psychiatry, medicine and surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, showed that individual transplant policies vary widely for people with alcoholic cirrhosis.
