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Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2001; 126(5): 117-122
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-10881
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Lebererkrankungen durch Alkoholkonsum und Hepatitis-C-Virusinfektion: Assoziation, Addition oder Potenzierung?

D. M. Alscher1 , J. Chr Bode2
  • 1Abteilung Innere Medizin IV (Schwerpunkte Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Nephrologie)
  • 2Abteilung Innere Medizin I (Schwerpunkte Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie) Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart
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31 December 2001 (online)

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Chronischer Alkoholabusus ist in Deutschland, ebenso wie in vielen anderen europäischen Ländern, die häufigste Ursache für die Entwicklung chronischer Lebererkrankungen. Eingehende Untersuchungen seit Anfang der 90er-Jahre ergaben, dass die HCV-Infektion an zweiter Stelle der Ursachen für chronische Lebererkrankungen rangiert. In den letzten Jahren mehrten sich Mitteilungen in der Literatur über eine besondere Gefährdung, wenn beide Faktoren, Alkoholkonsum und HCV-Infektion, zusammentreffen. In der nachfolgenden Übersicht sollen die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse zur Assoziation und der gegenseitigen Beeinflussung von chronischem Alkoholkonsum und HCV-Infektion auf die Entstehung und den Verlauf von Lebererkrankungen zusammengefasst werden.

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