Biomaterial Database

Alcohol and Alcoholic Liver Disease. 2019

Norman L Sussman, and Michael R Lucey

Medicine and Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, 6620 Main Street, Suite 1425, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: normans@bcm.edu.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008104	Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic	FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to chronic excess ALCOHOL DRINKING.	Alcoholic Cirrhosis,Hepatic Cirrhosis, Alcoholic,Alcoholic Hepatic Cirrhosis,Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
D008108	Liver Diseases, Alcoholic	Liver diseases associated with ALCOHOLISM. It usually refers to the coexistence of two or more subentities, i.e., ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS; and ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS.	Alcoholic Liver Diseases,Alcoholic Liver Disease,Liver Disease, Alcoholic
D006519	Hepatitis, Alcoholic	INFLAMMATION of the LIVER due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. It is characterized by NECROSIS of HEPATOCYTES, infiltration by NEUTROPHILS, and deposit of MALLORY BODIES. Depending on its severity, the inflammatory lesion may be reversible or progress to LIVER CIRRHOSIS.	Alcoholic Hepatitis,Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis,Hepatitis, Alcoholic, Chronic,Alcoholic Hepatitis, Chronic,Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitides
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000437	Alcoholism	A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4)	Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol
D020268	Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System	Acute and chronic neurologic disorders associated with the various neurologic effects of ETHANOL. Primary sites of injury include the brain and peripheral nerves.	Alcohol Abuse, Nervous System,Ethanol-Induced Nervous System Disorders,Ethanol Induced Nervous System Disorders,Ethanol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System,Ethyl Alcohol Abuse Neurologic Syndromes,Nervous System Disorders, Ethanol-Induced,Alcohol Induced Disorders, Nervous System,Ethanol Induced Disorders, Nervous System,Nervous System Disorders, Ethanol Induced