Therapeutic strategies for alcoholic liver disease: Focusing on inflammation and fibrosis (Review)
- Authors:
- Hideto Kawaratani
- Kei Moriya
- Tadashi Namisaki
- Masakazu Uejima
- Mitsuteru Kitade
- Kousuke Takeda
- Yasushi Okura
- Kousuke Kaji
- Hiroaki Takaya
- Norihisa Nishimura
- Shinya Sato
- Yasuhiko Sawada
- Kenichiro Seki
- Takuya Kubo
- Akira Mitoro
- Junichi Yamao
- Hitoshi Yoshiji
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Affiliations: The Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan, Department of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8522, Japan - Published online on: June 9, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2017.3015
- Pages: 263-270
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