Global burden of alcoholic liver diseases (original) (raw)

“…If persistent liver fibrogenesis may be envisaged as a major driving force for the progression of CLD towards cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), CLD fibrogenic progression has then a very significant clinical impact which is best described by the following facts [1,[6][7][8][9]]. …”

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“…If persistent liver fibrogenesis may be envisaged as a major driving force for the progression of CLD towards cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), CLD fibrogenic progression has then a very significant clinical impact which is best described by the following facts [1,[6][7][8][9]]. …”

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“…According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study [7], more than one million deaths (representing approx. 2.0% of all deaths) and 31,027,000 Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs, that is 1,2% of all DALYs) were due to liver cirrhosis.…”

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“…The number of deaths from alcoholic liver disease in 2010 was reported to be 15,990 1 . Globally, in 2010, alcoholattributable liver cirrhosis was responsible for 493,300 deaths and 14,544,000 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), representing 0.9 % (0.7 % for women and 1.2 % for men) of all deaths and 0.6 % (0.4 % for women and 0.8 % for men) of all DALYs worldwide 2 .…”

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