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Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology 3, 14–15 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpgasthep0365

How useful and accurate is the new Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis scoring system?

Timothy R Morgan

Forrest EH et al. (2005) Analysis of the factors predictive of mortality in alcoholic hepatitis and derivation and validation of the Glasgow alcoholic hepatitis score. Gut 54: 1174–1179 Synopsis Background A high rate of mortality is associated with patients with alcoholic hepatitis.