Sialadenosis (sialosis) has been associated most often with alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic cirrhosis, but a number of nutritional deficiencies, diabetes, and bulimia have also been reported to result in sialadenosis. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sialadenosis in patients with advanced liver disease. Patients in the study group consisted of 300 candidates for li...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) is one of the most common liver diseases encountered in the United States and Europe. This term refers to a spectrum of hepatic pathology that resembles alcoholic liver disease, but appears in individuals who have low or negligible alcohol consumption. Initially the term non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) was employed by Ludwig et al. in 1980 to describe a syn...

Alcohol is currently recognized as the most prevalent known cause of abnormal human development. Our aim was to investigate the effect of raw garlic on patients suffering from alcoholic liver disease. 20 alcoholic patients and 20 healthy individuals were selected. Both patients and normal individuals were subjected to detailed clinical examination and laboratory investigations. Blood samples we...

BACKGROUND Chronic alcohol abuse has a dose-dependent toxic effect on the myocardium, leading to alcoholic cardiomyopathy. The fact that only a minority of persons with chronic alcoholism have this condition suggests the possibility of a genetic vulnerability. In this context, polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene has been implicated in cardiac dysfunction. OBJECTIVE To...