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The contribution of alcohol to chronic liver disease in patients from South-west Nigeria.

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2010

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DA Ndububa, OS Ojo, VA Adetiloye, AO Aladegbaiye, RA Adebayo, Olusegun Adekanle
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Abstract

The proportion of CLD directly attributable to alcohol (i.e. ALD) is low among the patients studied. However, the burden of LC and HCC is directly related to age and the amount of alcohol consumed and the determinants of alcohol abuse are gender and affluence.