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Article: Mayo Clinic Seeks New Therapies for Alcoholic Hepatitis.

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December 15, 2008
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A new study from Mayo Clinic finds the use of the drug therapy etanercept ineffective in treating alcoholic hepatitis, an acute inflammation of the liver caused by excessive consumption of alcohol. The results of the study are published in the December issue of Gastroenterology (http://www.gastrojournal.org/) (see also Alcoholism).

VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview with Dr. Shah describing the research, are available on the Mayo Clinic News Blog (http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2008/11/24/alcoholic-hepatitis-abstinence-is-s till-the-best-policy/), with password: h82a7q.

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